Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu Succeeded by Ali Haydar Konca Name Volkan Bozkir Education Ankara University | Preceded by Beril Dedeoglu Preceded by Mevlut Cavusoglu Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu Role Diplomat | |
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Interview with mr volkan bozkir ministry of eu affairs turkey
Volkan Bozkır (born November 22, 1950) is a Turkish diplomat and politician who served as the Minister of European Union Affairs from November 2015 to May 2016, having previously served from August 2014 to August 2015. He concurrently served as the Chief Negotiator for Turkish Accession to the European Union during the same time. He has served as a Member of Parliament for İstanbul's second electoral district since the 2011 general election.
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- Interview with mr volkan bozkir ministry of eu affairs turkey
- Volkan Bozkrdan CNN TRKe nemli aklamalar zel rportaj
- Life and early career
- Criticism
- References
Volkan Bozkır'dan CNN TÜRK'e önemli açıklamalar (özel röportaj)
Life and early career
Volkan Bozkır was born in Ankara, Turkey. He graduated from Faculty of Law at the Ankara University. He speaks fluent English and French.
Criticism
Bozkır caused controversy in 2014 when he reported during a press conference that Turkey would no longer participate in the Eurovision Song Contest after Conchita Wurst's victory in Eurovision Song Contest 2014 and made statements criticized as homophobic. On September 5 the General Manager of TRT, İbrahim Şahin, officially announced that Turkey would not return to 2015 Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna. Bozkır's comments during the press conference included "Each time I look at the Austrian [Wurst] who won the Eurovision Song Contest, I say ‘Thankfully, we’re not participating in this contest anymore.'" Despite Bozkır's statements, the state television channel later confirmed that Turkey would return for the 2016 contest.
