Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu Preceded by Vecdi Gonul President Recep Tayyip Erdogan Siblings Adnan Yilmaz | Preceded by Vecdi Gonul Succeeded by Vecdi Gonul Name Ismet Yilmaz | |
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip ErdoganAhmet Davutoglu Role Former Minister of National Defence Education Marmara University, Ankara University, World Maritime University, Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul University Parents Turunc Yilmaz, Ibrahim Yilmaz Similar People Cevdet Yilmaz, Mevlut Cavusoglu, Nabi Avci, Veysel Eroglu, Deniz Baykal | ||
Turkish Defence Minister İsmet Yilmaz says troops will not go to Syria
İsmet Yılmaz (born December 10, 1961) is a Turkish politician and the current Minister of National Education. Previously he was Minister of National Defence and also briefly served as the Speaker of the Grand National Assembly. Prior to entering politics, he worked as a law consultant and mechanical engineer. Also known as "egitimin katili (murderer of education)" in Ministry of National Education.
Contents
- Turkish Defence Minister smet Yilmaz says troops will not go to Syria
- NATO Review Turkey interview with Defence Minister Yilmaz
- Early life and education
- Government
- Speaker of Parliament
- Personal life
- References
NATO Review - Turkey: interview with Defence Minister Yilmaz
Early life and education
İsmet Yılmaz was born in Gürün, Sivas Province. Following his primary education in his hometown, he enrolled in Haydarpaşa High School in Istanbul. Then, he studied mechanical engineering at the School of Maritime in Istanbul Technical University, graduating in 1982 with a bachelor's degree. Yılmaz attended then Istanbul University's Faculty of Law for education in maritime law and finished in 1987. He continued his further studies in "technical management in maritime" at the World Maritime University in Malmö, Sweden earning a master's degree. He received another master's degree in law from the Institute of Social Sciences in Marmara University, Istanbul. Finally, İsmet Yılmaz received a Doctor of Law degree from the Institute of Social Sciences at Ankara University.
Government
After serving twenty years as an engineer and a law consultant, he became Undersecretary of Maritime Affairs at the Ministry of Transport and Communication on December 31, 2002. In accordance with Article 114 of the Constitution of Turkey, he was appointed neutral Minister of Transport and Communication on May 8, 2007 as placeholder for Binali Yıldırım until the 2007 general elections. Yılmaz was appointed Undersecretary at the Ministry of Culture and Tourism on November 1, 2007.
He entered politics as a member of the AK Party and became deputy for Sivas Province following the 2011 general elections. On July 6, 2011, Yılmaz was appointed Minister of National Defence in the Cabinet Erdoğan III.
Speaker of Parliament
Yılmaz was put forward as the AKP's candidate for Speaker of the Grand National Assembly for the June–July 2015 speaker elections. Since the AKP did not have a majority (276 seats) in Parliament, the election went into a fourth and final round where Yılmaz managed to win a simple majority of the vote on 1 July 2015. He was thus elected as the Speaker with 258 votes (exactly the same number of votes as AKP MPs) to rival Deniz Baykal's 182 votes.
Personal life
İsmet Yılmaz is married and has three children.
