Abdullah Gül
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His Excellency Abdullah Gül |
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| 11th President of Turkey | |
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In office 28 August 2007 – 28 August 2014 |
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| Prime Minister | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan |
| Preceded by | Ahmet Necdet Sezer |
| Succeeded by | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan |
| 24th Prime Minister of Turkey | |
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In office 18 November 2002 – 14 March 2003 |
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| President | Ahmet Necdet Sezer |
| Deputy |
Abdüllatif Şener Mehmet Ali Şahin Ertuğrul Yalçınbayır |
| Preceded by | Bülent Ecevit |
| Succeeded by | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan |
| Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey | |
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In office 28 March 2003 – 28 August 2007 |
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| Prime Minister | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan |
| Served with |
Abdüllatif Şener Mehmet Ali Şahin |
| Preceded by | Ertuğrul Yalçınbayır |
| Succeeded by | Cemil Çiçek |
| 40th Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
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In office 14 March 2003 – 28 August 2007 |
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| Prime Minister | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan |
| Preceded by | Yaşar Yakış |
| Succeeded by | Ali Babacan |
| Minister of State | |
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In office 28 June 1996 – 30 June 1997 |
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| Prime Minister | Necmettin Erbakan |
| Member of the Grand National Assembly | |
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In office 20 October 1991 – 28 October 2007 |
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| Constituency | Kayseri (1991, 1995, 1999, 2002, 2007) |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
29 October 1949 Kayseri, Turkey |
| Political party |
Welfare Party (Before 1997) Virtue Party (1997–2001) Justice and Development Party (2001–2007) Independent (2007–present) |
| Spouse(s) | Hayrünnisa Özyurt (1980–present) |
| Children | Ahmet Münir Kübra Mehmet Emre |
| Alma mater |
Istanbul University University of Exeter |
| Religion | Sunni Islam |
| Signature |  |
| Website | Official website |
Abdullah Gül,
i/ɡuːl/ (Turkish pronunciation: [abduɫˈɫɑh ˈɟyl]; born 29 October 1949) is a Turkish politician who served as the 11th President of Turkey, in office from 2007 to 2014. He previously served for four months as Prime Minister from 2002 to 2003, and concurrently served as both Deputy Prime Minister and as Foreign Minister between 2003 and 2007. He is currently a member of the Advisory Panel for the President of the Islamic Development Bank.
Advocating staunch Islamist political views during his university years, Gül became a Member of Parliament for Kayseri in 1991 and was re-elected in 1995, 1999, 2002 and 2007. Initially a member of the Islamist Welfare Party, Gül joined the Virtue Party in 1998 after the latter was banned for anti-secular activities. When the party split into hardline Islamist and modernist factions in 2000, Gül joined fellow party member Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in advocating the need for reform and moderation. He ran against serving leader Recai Kutan for the Virtue Party leadership on behalf of Erdoğan, who was banned from holding political office at the time. As the candidate for the modernist camp, he came second with 521 votes while Kutan won 633. He co-founded the moderate Justice and Development Party (AKP) with Erdoğan in 2001 after the Virtue Party was shut down in the same year, while hardline conservative members founded the Felicity Party instead.
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