Recep Akdağ
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Recep Akdağ MP |
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| Minister of Health | |
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Assumed office 24 May 2016 |
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| Prime Minister | Binali Yıldırım |
| Preceded by | Mehmet Müezzinoğlu |
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In office 18 November 2002 – 24 January 2013 |
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| Prime Minister |
Abdullah Gül Recep Tayyip Erdoğan |
| Preceded by | Osman Durmuş |
| Succeeded by | Mehmet Müezzinoğlu |
| Member of the Grand National Assembly | |
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Assumed office 1 November 2015 |
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| Constituency | Erzurum (Nov 2015) |
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In office 3 November 2002 – 7 June 2015 |
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| Constituency | Erzurum (2002, 2007, 2011) |
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May 8, 1960 Erzurum, Turkey |
| Political party | Justice and Development Party |
| Education | Medicine |
| Alma mater |
Atatürk University King's College London |
| Religion | Islam |
Recep Akdağ (born 8 May 1960) is a Turkish physician and politician. He is a member of parliament for the province of Erzurum from the Justice and Development Party. He currently serves as the Minister of Health since 24 May 2016, having previously served between 2002 and 2013.
Akdağ was born on 8 May 1960 in Erzurum, the son of Yahya Akdağ and his wife Zekiye. He completed his primary and secondary education in Erzurum, and his high school education in Ankara at Atatürk High School.
He graduated from Faculty of Medicine at Atatürk University in 1984, becoming a medical doctor and going on to an academic career in the field of medicine. He performed his obligatory service as a practitioner in Karabük for two years. In 1990, Akdağ became Child Health and Diseases Specialist in the Medical Faculty of the Atatürk University.
In September 1991, Akdağ commenced studies on molecular biology techniques and especially on polymerase chain reaction (PCR) at King's College London School of Medicine in London, United Kingdom. He completed his studies in November 1992, and returned to Turkey.
He initiated the studies of "Diagnosis of Tuberculosis with PCR through making contributions to the establishment of the first Molecular DNA laboratory in the Eastern Anatolia Region through a research project" in line with these studies.
In 1992, he became an assistant professor in the Child Health and Diseases Main Branch of the Medical Faculty of Atatürk University. Akdağ received the title of associate professor in 1994, and the title of professor in 1999. He completed the "Gene Therapy" course successfully held at the Karolinska Institutet in Sweden in 1998.
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