Fikri Işık
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Fikri Işık MP |
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Işık in June 2016
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| Minister of National Defence | |
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Assumed office 24 May 2016 |
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| President | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan |
| Prime Minister | Binali Yıldırım |
| Preceded by | İsmet Yılmaz |
| Minister of Science, Industry and Technology | |
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In office 25 December 2013 – 24 May 2016 |
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| Prime Minister |
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Ahmet Davutoğlu |
| Preceded by | Nihat Ergün |
| Succeeded by | Faruk Özlü |
| Member of the Grand National Assembly | |
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Assumed office 22 July 2007 |
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| Constituency | Kocaeli (2007, 2011, June 2015, Nov 2015) |
| Personal details | |
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13 September 1965 Babacan, Şiran, Gümüşhane, Turkey |
| Nationality | Turkish |
| Political party | Justice and Development Party (AKP) |
| Children | 4 |
| Alma mater | Middle East Technical University |
| Profession | Politician, educator |
| Cabinet | 61st, 62nd, 63rd, 64th, 65th |
| Religion | Islam |
Fikri Işık MP (born 13 September 1965) is a Turkish politician who has been the Minister of National Defence of Turkey since 2016. Previously he served as Minister of Science, Industry and Technology from 2013 to 2016. He is a Member of Parliament representing the Kocaeli Province on behalf of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), first elected in 2007. Before politics, Işık was an educator.
Fikri Işık was born on 13 September 1965 to Tevfik and Mecbure Işık in the village of Babacan in Şiran district of Gümüşhane Province, Turkey. He studied Mathematics Education at the Middle East Technical University in Ankara.
Işık worked as a mathematics and English language teacher in private schools at İzmit and Istanbul. He served also as manager in the food industry.
Fikri Işık entered politics on 20 October 2001 through his founding membership of the Justice and Development Party's Kocaeli Province organization. He was elected its chairman on 22 June 2003, serving four years at this post.
In 2007, he left his chair at the regional level to run for a seat in the parliament. Işık was elected into the Grand National Assembly of Turkey in the 2007 general election as an MP from Kocaeli Province. He was re-elected a second time into the parliament in the 2011 general election. Between 2007 and 2013, he was responsible in the party headquarters for the coordination of the part's regional organizations in 47 provinces across the country. On 31 January 2013, Işık became chairman of the parliamentary National Education, Youth and Sports Commission.
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