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Hüseyin Çelik | |
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Minister of National Education | |
In office 14 March 2003 –1 May 2009 | |
Prime Minister | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan |
Preceded by | Erkan Mumcu |
Succeeded by | Nimet Çubukçu |
Minister of Culture | |
In office 19 November 2002 –14 March 2003 | |
Prime Minister | Abdullah Gül |
Preceded by | Suat Çağlayan |
Succeeded by | Erkan Mumcu |
Member of the Grand National Assembly | |
In office 18 April 1999 –7 June 2015 | |
Constituency | Van (1999,2002,2007) Gaziantep (2011) |
Personal details | |
Born | Van,Turkey | 5 March 1959
Political party | Justice and Development Party (AKP) (2001–) True Path Party (DYP) (1999–2001) |
Spouse | Şahsenem Çelik |
Alma mater | Istanbul University University of London |
Signature | ![]() |
Website | HuseyinCelik.net [usurped] |
Hüseyin Çelik (born 5 March 1959 in Gürpınar,Van) is a former Minister of National Education of Turkey and member of parliament for Van for the Justice and Development Party (AKP).
Çelik was the first advisor of Recep Tayyip Erdogan and later became the minister of culture and tourism. After that,he became the Minister of National Education. He was the spokesperson of the Turkish Parliament and AKP. Also,in the past,Çelik graduated in Turkish language and literature from Istanbul University in 1983 and went on to a career as an academic at Van YüzüncüYıl Üniversitesi,eventually becoming assistant professor in 1997. From 1988-1991 he studied towards a master's degree in politics at the School of Oriental and African Studies in the University of London. His focus was on the late-Ottoman Empire writer and thinker Ali Suavi.
During the 1990s he wrote a column on Ottoman era politics and other issues for the nationalist-leaning social and political science journal Türkiye Günlüğü. He has published 15 books on politics,culture,history etc. has also edited and annotated an edition of the work "Şinasi" by Ottoman writer Ziyad Ebuzziya.
He was elected to parliament for Van as a member of Tansu Çiller's DYP in 1999,moving to the newly founded AK Party in 2001. He was elected parliamentary chief and then following the AK Party's election victory in 2002,he became Minister of Culture and then Minister of Education.
During his brief tenure as Minister of Culture he is remembered for immediately sacking the entire Board for the Protection of Culture and Nature (Turkish :Kültür ve Tabiat VarlıklarınıKoruma Kurulu). [1] Regional bodies set up to monitor archaeology and other research throughout the country,led by architect and champion of Anatolia's cultural heritage Oktay Ekinci,one of those dismissed. Çelik was then accused of taking this action under pressure from AK Party MP for Muğla Hasan Özyer in order to enable the Muğla coastline to be developed for mass-market tourism. [2]
As Minister of Education as well as curriculum reform and all the day-to-day running of the school system,Çelik has had to deal with a number of issues including:
Çelik is of Turkish descent on his father's side and of Kurdish descent on his mother's side. [4] He is married to Şahsenem Çelik and they have three children;Ali Ekrem,Enes,and Büşra Vuslat.
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