Abdülkadir Aksu

Abdülkadir Aksu (/ɑːbduːlˈkɑːdər ˈɑːksuː/ ⓘ ahb-dool-KAH-dər AHK-soo; Turkish: [abdylkaːˈdiɾ ˈaksu]; born 1944, Diyarbakır) is a Turkish politician from Diyarbakır. According to some sources, he is Kurdish;[1][2][3] according to Üzeyir Tekin, he is of partial Albanian and Kurdish origin;[4] and according to Hasan Celal Güzel, a friend of Aksu family, he is of Turkish (Turkmen) origin.[5]

Abdülkadir Aksu
Minister of the Interior
In office
19 November 2002 – 7 May 2007
Prime MinisterAbdullah Gül
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Preceded byMuzaffer Ecemiş
Succeeded byOsman Güneş
In office
31 March 1989 – 24 November 1991
Prime MinisterTurgut Özal
Yıldırım Akbulut
Mesut Yılmaz
Preceded byMustafa Kalemli
Succeeded byMustafa Kalemli
Minister of state
(Responsible for Southeastern Anatolia Project)
In office
6 March 1996 – 28 June 1996
Prime MinisterMesut Yılmaz
Member of the Grand National Assembly
In office
18 April 1999 – 7 June 2015
ConstituencyIstanbul (III) (1999, 2002, 2007, 2011)
In office
8 January 1996 – 18 April 1999
ConstituencyDiyarbakır (1995)
In office
29 November 1987 – 20 October 1991
ConstituencyDiyarbakır (1987)
Personal details
Born (1944-10-12) October 12, 1944
Diyarbakır, Turkey
Political partyJustice and Development Party (2001 - present)
Virtue Party (1998 - 2001)
Welfare Party (1996 - 1998)
Motherland Party (1987 - 1996)

He is a member of the Community of İskenderpaşa, a Turkish sufistic community of Naqshbandi tariqah.[6]

Early life and education

He attended high school in Diyarbakır and in 1968 he graduated with a degree in political sciences from the Ankara University.[7] During his time at the University he became a member of in the Free Thought Club which was as a counterweight to the Socialist Thought Club.[7] The Free Thought Club was to be influential in politics as several members of its executive board became ministers in the Turkish Government.[7] Aksu also founded the Diyarbakır Association in Ankara, aimed as an organization to connect the people of Diyarbakır.[7]

Professional career

Since his graduation, he entered the public administration and was assigned as a Kaymakam in a variety of districts. In 1985, while being the Kaymakam of Gaziantep, he was bequested with the award of the Bureaucrat of the Year.[7]

Political career

He was elected a member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey, representing Diyarbakir for the Motherland Party (ANAP) in 1987.[8] He became the Minister of the Interior in 1989 in the Government of Turgut Özal which he stayed also through the Government of Yilidirm Akbulut.[9] During his membership in the ANAP, he was a prominent advocate of Özals conciliatory policies dubbed as the "Politics of Four Inclinations".[7] He was again elected to parliament for Diyarbakır in the parliamentary election of 1995.[10] He then left the Motherland Party, and joined the Welfare Party (RP), for which he served as a member of the administrative board.[7] After the ban of the RP in 1998, he became a member of the Virtue Party[7] which was a predecessor of the Justice and Development Party (AKP). For the AKP, he served as the Interior Minister from 2002 to 2007[11] and became its party vice-chair in replacement of Dengir Mir Mehmet Firat in 2008.[12] In May 2019 he was assigned the post of the chair of the state-owned Vakifbank.[13]

Personal life

He is married and is the father of two children.[14]

References
  1. Natali, Denise, The Kurds and the state: evolving national identity in Iraq, Turkey, and Iran, Syracuse University Press, 2005, p. 114.
  2. Maya Shatzmiller, Nationalism and Minority Identities in Islamic Societies, McGill-Queen's Press, 2005, ISBN 0-7735-2848-2, p. 255. "Abdulkadir Aksu, a prominent Kurdish politician from Diyarbakır".
  3. Emrullah Uslu, "Turkey’s Kurdish Problem: Steps Toward a Solution", Studies in Conflict & Terrorism, 1521-0731, Vol: 30, No 2, 2007, pp. 157–172. "many ethnic Kurds have been appointed to high government positions, including Abdulkadir Aksu".
  4. Tekin, Üzeyir (April 2010). Abdülkadir Aksu. Oriennt Yayınları. ISBN 978-975-6124-09-3.
  5. "Hasan Celal Güzel: Merkez sağda birlik için Özal'a 'Demirel cumhurbaşk..." zaman. 2006-01-31. Archived from the original on 2011-07-07. Retrieved 2011-01-11.
  6. Eurasia Review: "The Naqshbandi-Khalidi Order And Political Islam In Turkey – Analysis" By Hudson Institute September 5, 2015
  7. "Who's who in Politics in Turkey" (PDF). Heinrich Böll Stiftung. pp. 3–5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 November 2019. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
  8. Şafak, Yeni (2020-02-12). "Diyarbakır Seçim Sonuçları 1987 - Genel Seçim 1987". Yeni Şafak (in Turkish). Retrieved 2020-12-01.
  9. "Türki̇ye Büyük Mi̇llet Mecli̇si̇".
  10. Şafak, Yeni (2020-02-12). "Diyarbakır Seçim Sonuçları 1995 - Genel Seçim 1995". Yeni Şafak (in Turkish). Retrieved 2020-12-01.
  11. "Abdulkadir Aksu, Republic of Turkey: Profile and Biography". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2020-12-01.
  12. "U-turn in AKP's Kurdish policy". Hurriyet Daily News (in Turkish). Retrieved 2022-04-10.
  13. "President Erdoğan's political elites to run state-owned banks". Ahval. Retrieved 2020-12-01.
  14. "Abdulkadir Aksu Kimdir ? - Abdulkadir Aksu Hayatı ve Biyografisi". www.haberler.com. Retrieved 2020-12-01.
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