Nabi Avcı

Nabi Avcı MP


Minister of Culture and Tourism
Incumbent
Assumed office 24 May 2016
Prime Minister	Binali Yıldırım
Preceded by	Mahir Ünal
Minister of National Education
In office 24 January 2013 – 24 May 2016
Prime Minister	Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Ahmet Davutoğlu
Preceded by	Ömer Dinçer
Succeeded by	İsmet Yılmaz
Member of the Grand National Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 12 June 2011
Constituency	Eskişehir (2011, June 2015, Nov 2015)
Personal details
Born	(1953-10-08) 8 October 1953 Demirköy, Pazaryeri, Bilecik, Turkey
Nationality	Turkish
Political party	Justice and Development Party (AKP)
Alma mater	Middle East Technical University
Occupation	Politician, academician
Cabinet	61st, 62nd, 63rd, 64th, 65th
Religion	Islam

Nabi Avcı (born 8 October 1953, Demirköy, Pazaryeri, Bilecik, Turkey) is a Turkish academic, writer and politician who was formerly chief advisor to the Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.^[1]

Early years

Nabi Avcı was born to Abdullah Avcı and his wife Habibe. He graduated from Middle East Technical University's Faculty of Administrative science,^[2] and earned later his PhD in Communication science from Anadolu University.^[3] In 1974, Avcı entered Ministry of Culture as a clerk.

Career

During the foundation years of Anadolu University, he served as a lecturer at the Faculty of Communication science. Avcı was appointed advisor at the Ministry of National Education and to the Prime Minister. He worked also as program director at a television channel as well as newspaper columnist and advisor to editor-in-chief.^[3]

In 2000, he became a professor for Communication science at Istanbul Bilgi University. Avcı was appointed 2003 chief advisor to the Prime minister.^[3]

Nabi Avcı served as a board member of the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK) and chairman of the Turkey National Committee of UNESCO.^[3]

Politics

Avcı was elected as a Member of Parliament for Eskişehir in the 2011 general election. On 24 January 2013, he was appointed Minister of National Education replacing Ömer Dinçer in the cabinet.^[4]

Family life

Avcı is married and has five children.^[3]

References

↑ Merkezi, Haber (13 May 2011). "Nabi Avcı hastaneye kaldırıldı". Dünya Bülteni. Retrieved 15 March 2012.
↑ "Erdoğan ODTÜ'lülere kızdı ODTÜ'lü Bakan atadı". Haber 7 (in Turkish). 25 January 2013. Retrieved 25 January 2013.
1 2 3 4 5 "Nabi Avcı" (in Turkish). TBMM. Retrieved 25 January 2013.
↑ Şenyüz, Selçuk (24 January 2012). "Sürpriz zirve sonrası kabine değişikliği". Hürriyet (in Turkish). Retrieved 24 January 2013.

Political offices
Preceded by Ömer Dinçer	Minister of National Education 24 January 2013–present	Succeeded by incumbent

Yıldırım Cabinet (2016 – present)

Prime Minister	Binali Yıldırım

Deputy Prime Ministers	Nurettin Canikli Numan Kurtulmuş Mehmet Şimşek Veysi Kaynak Tuğrul Türkeş

Ministers	Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu (Foreign Affairs) Ahmet Arslan (Transport and Communication) Lütfi Elvan (Development) Ömer Çelik (EU Affairs) Mehmet Özhaseki (Environment and Urban Planning) Nabi Avcı (Culture and Tourism) Süleyman Soylu → Mehmet Müezzinoğlu (Labour and Social Security) Fatma Betül Sayan Kaya (Family and Social Policy) Bülent Tüfenkci (Customs and Trade) Efkan Ala → Süleyman Soylu (Interior) Fikri Işık (National Defence) Naci Ağbal (Finance) Faruk Çelik (Food, Agriculture and Livestock) Nihat Zeybekci (Economy) Faruk Özlü (Science, Industry and Technology) İsmet Yılmaz (National Education) Recep Akdağ (Health) Bekir Bozdağ (Justice) Akif Çağatay Kılıç (Youth and Sports) Berat Albayrak (Energy and Natural Resources) Veysel Eroğlu (Forestry and Water Affairs)

Italic: not in office

Third Davutoğlu Cabinet (2015–2016)

Prime Minister	Ahmet Davutoğlu

Deputy Prime Ministers	Yalçın Akdoğan Numan Kurtulmuş Mehmet Şimşek Lütfi Elvan Tuğrul Türkeş

Ministers	Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu (Foreign Affairs) Binali Yıldırım (Transport and Communication) Cevdet Yılmaz (Development) Volkan Bozkır (EU Affairs) Fatma Güldemet Sarı (Environment and Urban Planning) Mahir Ünal (Culture and Tourism) Süleyman Soylu (Labour and Social Security) Sema Ramazanoğlu (Family and Social Policy) Bülent Tüfenkci (Customs and Trade) Efkan Ala (Interior) İsmet Yılmaz (National Defence) Naci Ağbal (Finance) Faruk Çelik (Food, Agriculture and Livestock) Mustafa Elitaş (Economy) Fikri Işık (Science, Industry and Technology) Nabi Avcı (National Education) Mehmet Müezzinoğlu (Health) Bekir Bozdağ (Justice) Akif Çağatay Kılıç (Youth and Sports) Berat Albayrak (Energy and Natural Resources) Veysel Eroğlu (Forestry and Water Affairs)

Italic: not in office

Interim election cabinet of Turkey (August – November 2015)

Prime Minister	Ahmet Davutoğlu

Deputy Prime Ministers	Yalçın Akdoğan Numan Kurtulmuş Cevdet Yılmaz Tuğrul Türkeş

Ministers	Feridun Sinirlioğlu (Foreign Affairs) Feridun Bilgin (Transport and Communication) Müslüm Doğan → Cüneyd Düzyol (Development) Ali Haydar Konca → Beril Dedeoğlu (EU Affairs) İdris Güllüce (Environment and Urban Planning) Yalçın Topçu (Culture and Tourism) Ahmet Erdem (Labour and Social Security) Ayşen Gürcan (Family and Social Policy) Cenap Aşçı (Customs and Trade) Selami Altınok (Interior) Vecdi Gönül (National Defence) Mehmet Şimşek (Finance) Kutbettin Arzu (Food, Agriculture and Livestock) Nihat Zeybekci (Economy) Fikri Işık (Science, Industry and Technology) Nabi Avcı (National Education) Mehmet Müezzinoğlu (Health) Kenan İpek (Justice) Akif Çağatay Kılıç (Youth and Sports) Ali Rıza Alaboyun (Energy and Natural Resources) Veysel Eroğlu (Forestry and Water Affairs)

Italic: not in office

First Davutoğlu Cabinet (2014 – 2015)

Prime Minister	Ahmet Davutoğlu

Deputy Prime Ministers	Bülent Arınç Numan Kurtulmuş Ali Babacan Yalçın Akdoğan

Ministers	Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu (Foreign Affairs) Lütfi Elvan → Feridun Bilgin (Transport and Communication) Cevdet Yılmaz (Development) Volkan Bozkır (European Union) İdris Güllüce (Environment and Urban Planning) Ömer Çelik (Culture and Tourism) Faruk Çelik (Labour and Social Security) Ayşenur İslam (Family and Social Policy) Nurettin Canikli (Customs and Commerce) Efkan Ala → Sebahattin Öztürk (Interior) İsmet Yılmaz → Vecdi Gönül (National Defence) Mehmet Şimşek (Finance) Mehmet Mehdi Eker (Food, Agriculture and Animal husbandry) Nihat Zeybekci (Economy) Fikri Işık (Science, Industry and Technology) Nabi Avcı (National Education) Mehmet Müezzinoğlu (Health) Bekir Bozdağ → Kenan İpek (Justice) Akif Çağatay Kılıç (Youth and Sports) Taner Yıldız (Energy and Natural Resources) Veysel Eroğlu (Forestry and Water Affairs)

Italic: not in office

Erdoğan Cabinet III (2011–2014)

Prime Minister

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

Deputy Prime Ministers

current	Bülent Arınç Ali Babacan Beşir Atalay Emrullah İşler

former	Bekir Bozdağ (now Justice minister)

Ministers

current	Ahmet Davutoğlu (Foreign Affairs) Lütfi Elvan (Transport and Communication) Cevdet Yılmaz (Development) Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu (European Union) İdris Güllüce (Environment and Urban Planning) Ömer Çelik (Culture and Tourism) Faruk Çelik (Labour and Social Security) Ayşenur İslam (Family and Social Policy) Hayati Yazıcı (Customs and Commerce) Efkan Ala (Interior) İsmet Yılmaz (National Defence) Mehmet Şimşek (Finance) Mehmet Mehdi Eker (Food, Agriculture and Animal husbandry) Nihat Zeybekci (Economy) Fikri Işık (Science, Industry and Technology) Nabi Avcı (National Education) Mehmet Müezzinoğlu (Health) Bekir Bozdağ (Justice) Akif Çağatay Kılıç (Youth and Sports) Taner Yıldız (Energy and Natural Resources) Veysel Eroğlu (Forestry and Water Affairs)

former	Binali Yıldırım (Transport and Communication) Egemen Bağış (European Union) Erdoğan Bayraktar (Environment and Urban Planning) Ertuğrul Günay (Culture and Tourism) Fatma Şahin (Family and Social Policy) İdris Naim Şahin (Interior) Muammer Güler (Interior) Zafer Çağlayan (Economy) Nihat Ergün (Science, Industry and Technology) Ömer Dinçer (National Education) Recep Akdağ (Health) Sadullah Ergin (Justice) Suat Kılıç (Youth and Sports)

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