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Oğuzhan Asiltürk

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Oğuzhan Asiltürk
Asiltürk in 2021
Chairman of the Executive Board
of the Felicity Party
In office
2011 – 1 October 2021
Minister of Industry and Technology
In office
21 July 1977 – 5 January 1978
PresidentFahri Korutürk
Prime MinisterSüleyman Demirel
Preceded byTarhan Erdem
Succeeded byOrhan Alp
Minister of the Interior
In office
31 March 1975 – 11 April 1977
PresidentFahri Korutürk
Prime MinisterSüleyman Demirel
Preceded byMukadder Öztekin [tr]
Succeeded bySabahattin Özbek
In office
26 January 1974 – 17 November 1974
PresidentFahri Korutürk
Prime MinisterBülent Ecevit
Preceded byMukadder Öztekin
Succeeded byMukadder Öztekin
Grand National Assembly of Turkey
In office
14 November 1991 – 1 October 2002
ConstituencyMalatya (1991, 1995, 1999)
In office
24 October 1973 – 12 September 1980
ConstituencyAnkara (1973, 1977)
Personal details
Born25 May 1935
Hekimhan, Turkey
Died1 October 2021(2021-10-01) (aged 86)
Ankara, Turkey
Political partyNational Salvation Party
Welfare Party
Virtue Party
Felicity Party
Alma materIstanbul Technical University
OccupationCivil engineer

Oğuzhan Asiltürk (25 May 1935 – 1 October 2021) was a Turkish politician.[1] He served as Minister of Industry and Technology and Minister of the Interior as well as chairman of the executive board of the Felicity Party.[2]

Biography

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Asiltürk attended secondary school in Malatya. He studied at the School of Civil Engineering at Istanbul Technical University and began his career as a freelance consultant and engineer. He married Sevinç Asiltürk, with whom he had four children.[3]

Asiltürk was elected to the Grand National Assembly of Turkey in 1973, representing Ankara. While serving as a deputy, he was also appointed Minister of the Interior, where he served in 1974 and again from 1975 to 1977. He was then appointed Minister of Industry and Technology and held the position from 1977 to 1978. He was banned from politics for 10 years in 1980. The ban was lifted following the 1987 Turkish constitutional referendum and he became Secretary General of the Welfare Party. In 1991, he was once again elected to the Grand National Assembly, representing Malatya and he joined the Virtue Party. He remained in office until 2002.

Following the death of Necmettin Erbakan, Asiltürk joined the Felicity Party and became chairman of its executive board.[4] He met with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on 7 January 2021,[5] a meeting in which Asiltürk alleged that the President told him the Istanbul Convention would be lifted in the country.[6][7] The President's decision was made official on 20 March 2021, and Turkey withdrew from the Istanbul Convention.[8]

On 13 September 2021, Asiltürk was taken to Ankara Bilkent City Hospital due to shortness of breath from COVID-19.[9] He died of a heart attack on 1 October 2021, at the age of 86.[10][11] He was interred at Cebeci Asri Cemetery.[12]

References

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  1. ^ Şahin, Sefa (1 October 2021). "Saadet Partisi YİK Başkanı Asiltürk vefat etti". Anadolu Agency (in Turkish). Ankara. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
  2. ^ Arpacık, Cihat (9 January 2021). "Erdoğan-Asiltürk görüşmesi hem Cumhurbaşkanlığı hem Milli Görüş kulislerine nasıl yansıdı?". Independent Türkçe (in Turkish). Retrieved 1 October 2021.
  3. ^ "Oğuzhan Asiltürk eşiyle birlikte oyunu kullandı! Kardeşliğe ihtiyacımız var". Millî Gazete (in Turkish). Ankara. 24 June 2018. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
  4. ^ "Saadet Partisi Kurucular Kurulu". NTV HABER (in Turkish). 20 July 2001. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
  5. ^ Kaplan, Enes (7 January 2021). "Cumhurbaşkanı Erdoğan, Saadet Partisi Yüksek İstişare Kurulu Başkanı Asiltürk'ü ziyaret etti". Ankara. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
  6. ^ "Erdoğan'la görüşen Asiltürk: İstanbul Sözleşmesi kaldırılacak". Sözcü (in Turkish). Istanbul. 28 January 2021. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
  7. ^ "Asiltürk: Erdoğan İstanbul Sözleşmesi'nin kaldırılacağını ifade etti". Cumhuriyet (in Turkish). 28 January 2021. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
  8. ^ "Türkiye İstanbul Sözleşmesi'nden çekildi". Yeni Şafak (in Turkish). Ankara. 20 March 2021. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
  9. ^ "Saadet Partisi YİK Başkanı Oğuzhan Asiltürk hastaneye kaldırıldı". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 13 September 2021. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
  10. ^ "Son dakika... Saadet Partisi YİK Başkanı Oğuzhan Asiltürk, hayatını kaybetti". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 1 October 2021. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
  11. ^ "Milli Görüş'e adanan bir ömür: Oğuzhan Asiltürk". TRT Haber (in Turkish). 1 October 2021. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
  12. ^ "Oğuzhan Asiltürk, son yolculuğuna uğurlandı". Cumhuriyet (in Turkish). 2 October 2021. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
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