Beşir Atalay
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Beşir Atalay MP |
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| Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey | |
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In office 14 July 2011 – 29 August 2014 |
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| Prime Minister | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan |
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Bülent Arınç Ali Babacan Bekir Bozdağ Emrullah İşler |
| Preceded by | Cemil Çiçek |
| Succeeded by | Numan Kurtulmuş |
| Minister of the Interior | |
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In office 28 August 2007 – 14 July 2011 |
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| Prime Minister | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan |
| Preceded by | Abdülkadir Aksu |
| Succeeded by | İdris Naim Şahin |
| Member of the Grand National Assembly | |
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Assumed office 1 November 2015 |
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| Constituency | Van (Nov 2015) |
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In office 3 November 2002 – 7 June 2015 |
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| Constituency |
Ankara (II) (2002, 2007) Kırıkkale (2011) |
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15 January 1947 Keskin, Turkey |
| Political party | Justice and Development Party |
| Alma mater | Ankara University |
| Religion | Sunni Islam |
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Beşir Atalay (pronounced [beʃiɾ ˈataɫaj]; born 1947) is a Turkish politician who was Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey in the government of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan from 2011 to 2014. Previously he was Minister of the Interior from 28 August 2007 to 14 July 2011.
Born in Keskin, Kırıkkale Province, he graduated from the Faculty of Law at Ankara University and worked as a lecturer at Erzurum Atatürk University. He then worked at the State Planning Organization (DPT), Marmara University, and UNESCO's Turkish National Commission. Atalay was the founding rector of Kırıkkale University until he was removed from office by the Board of Higher Education (YÖK).
He became a minister of state in Erdoğan's first cabinet following President Ahmet Necdet Sezer's veto of a proposal to appoint Atalay as minister of education. Then in August 2007 he was promoted to interior minister, one of the few cabinet changes following the re-election of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan that summer, and also following Sezer's retirement from the presidency.
Beşir Atalay is married to Yıldız Atalay and has three children. He is a member of the Community of İskenderpaşa, a Turkish sufistic community of Naqshbandi tariqah.
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