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Preceded by
  
Sami Guclu

Role
  
Turkish Politician

Spouse(s)
  
Yasemin Eker

Education
  
Ankara University

Alma mater
  
Ankara University

Succeeded by
  
Kutbettin Arzu

Name
  
Mehmet Eker


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Prime Minister
  
Recep Tayyip Erdogan Ahmet Davutoglu

Constituency
  
Diyarbakir (2002, 2007, 2011)

Born
  
1 January 1956 (age 68) Bismil, Diyarbakir, Turkey (
1956-01-01
)

Political party
  
Justice and Development Party

Party
  
Justice and Development Party

Similar People
  
Faruk Celik, Cevdet Yilmaz, Bulent Arinc, Ali Babacan, Taner Yildiz

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Mehmet Mehdi Eker is a Turkish politician who served as the Minister of Food, Agriculture and Livestock of Turkey from 2005 to 2015. He was a Member of Parliament for the electoral district of Diyarbakır from the Justice and Development Party (AKP) between 2002 and 2015.

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A veterinarian and agro-economist he had a career as a civil servant in the ministry of agriculture before entering politics at the age of 46.

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As minister of Agriculture he has had to deal with issues including:

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  • The bird flu epidemic of 2005, in which he made a statement that it was safe to eat cooked chicken and then famously refused to do so on television.
  • Adjusting food control regulations to comply with EU norms, including recategorising pork and horse meat as suitable for human consumption.

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