Preceded by Nihat Ergun Children 4 Role Turkish Politician | Nationality Turkish Name Fikri Isik | |
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Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan
Ahmet Davutoglu Constituency Kocaeli (2007, 2011, June 2015, Nov 2015) Born 13 September 1965 (age 58)
Babacan, Siran, Gumushane, Turkey ( 1965-09-13 ) Political party Justice and Development Party (AKP) Education Middle East Technical University Party Justice and Development Party Similar People Volkan Bozkir, Suleyman Soylu, Mevlut Cavusoglu, Cevdet Yilmaz, Mehmet Muezzinoglu Profiles | ||
One on One Express: Fikri Isik, Turkish Defence Minister
Fikri Işık (born 13 September 1965) is a Turkish politician who has been the Minister of National Defence of Turkey since 2016. Previously he served as Minister of Science, Industry and Technology from 2013 to 2016. He is a Member of Parliament representing the Kocaeli Province on behalf of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), first elected in 2007. Before politics, Işık was an educator.
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- One on One Express Fikri Isik Turkish Defence Minister
- Early life
- Profession
- Politics
- Personal life
- References
Early life
Fikri Işık was born on 13 September 1965 to Tevfik and Mecbure Işık in the village of Babacan in Şiran district of Gümüşhane Province, Turkey. He studied Mathematics Education at the Middle East Technical University in Ankara.
Profession
Işık worked as a mathematics and English language teacher in private schools at İzmit and Istanbul. He served also as manager in the food industry.
Politics
Fikri Işık entered politics on 20 October 2001 through his founding membership of the Justice and Development Party's Kocaeli Province organization. He was elected its chairman on 22 June 2003, serving four years at this post.
In 2007, he left his chair at the regional level to run for a seat in the parliament. Işık was elected into the Grand National Assembly of Turkey in the 2007 general election as an MP from Kocaeli Province. He was re-elected a second time into the parliament in the 2011 general election. Between 2007 and 2013, he was responsible in the party headquarters for the coordination of the part's regional organizations in 47 provinces across the country. On 31 January 2013, Işık became chairman of the parliamentary National Education, Youth and Sports Commission.
On 26 December 2013, Fikri Işık assumed office as the Minister of Science, Industry and Technology, succeeding Nihat Ergün during Erdoğan's cabinet reshuffle with ten new names that was announced the day before, on 25 December, following the 2013 corruption scandal in Turkey.
Personal life
Minister Fikri Işık is married and has four children.
