Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu Preceded by Kenan Ipek Preceded by Kenan Ipek Name Bekir Bozdag | Role Theologian Succeeded by Kenan Ipek Nationality Turkish | |
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Prime Minister Recep Tayyip ErdoganAhmet Davutoglu Education Uludag University, Selcuk University Similar People Besir Atalay, Ali Babacan, Bulent Arinc, Cemil Cicek, Sadullah Ergin |
Deputy prime minister bekir bozda on unitee s role with regards to eu turkey relations
Bekir Bozdağ (born 1 April 1965) is a Turkish lawyer and politician. On 6 July 2011 he was appointed as the Deputy Prime Minister in the third cabinet of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. On 26 December 2013, he was appointed as the Minister of Justice after the cabinet revision amidst the 2013 corruption scandal.

He was born on 1 April 1965 in Akdağmadeni in Yozgat Province, Turkey. After completing his higher education in Islamic theology at the Uludağ University in Bursa, he gained a master's degree in Christian history of theology at the same university. Later, Bekir Bozdağ attended Selçuk University in Konya and graduated with a Law degree. Before he entered politics, he worked as a lawyer.

He has been elected to parliament four times, in 2002, 2007, 2011 and 2015.
He is married and has three children.

