Namık Kemal Zeybek

Politician

1944 –

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Who is Namık Kemal Zeybek?

Namık Kemal Zeybek is a Turkish politician and was leader of the Democratic Party. A former civil servant and district governor, he was government minister in different cabinets.

He was born 1944 in the village of Kitre in Bayburt Province, northeastern Turkey. He graduated in 1966 from the Law School of Ankara University. After serving ten years as a district governor in several places, he was promoted to the undersecretary post at the Ministry of Customs and Monopoly. Zeybek worked then four years long as a coordinator in the private sector.

In 1987, he entered politics and was elected Deputy of Istanbul into the parliament from the Motherland Party. Between 1989-1991, he served as the Minister of Culture in the cabinets of Turgut Özal and Yıldırım Akbulut. Later in 1996, Zeybek was appointed again minister in the coalition cabinet of Necmettin Erbakan.

In 2007, Namık Kemal Zeybek joined the Great Union Party, and became its secretary general for a short time. In 2010, he entered the Democratic Party. At the 10th party congress held on January 15, 2011 in Ankara, he was elected leader of its party.

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Born
1944
Bayburt Province
Nationality
  • Turkey
Profession
Education
  • Ankara University

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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