Veysel Eroğlu
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Veysel Eroğlu MP |
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| Minister of Forestry and Water Affairs | |
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Assumed office 29 August 2007 |
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| Prime Minister |
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Ahmet Davutoğlu Binali Yıldırım |
| Preceded by | Osman Pepe |
| Member of the Grand National Assembly | |
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Assumed office 22 July 2007 |
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| Constituency | Afyonkarahisar (2007, 2011, June 2015, Nov 2015) |
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18 August 1948 Şuhut, Afyonkarahisar Province, Turkey |
| Political party | Justice and Development Party (AKP) |
| Children | 4 |
| Alma mater | Istanbul Technical University |
| Profession | Politician, academic, civil engineer |
| Cabinet | 60th, 61st, 62nd, 63rd, 64th, 65th |
Veysel Eroğlu (born 18 August 1948) is Minister of Forestry and Water of Turkey and a Member of Parliament for Afyonkarahisar of the ruling Justice and Development Party.
Eroğlu was born on 18 August 1948 in the Şuhut district of Turkey’s Afyonkarahisar Province. His father's name was İbrahim and his mother's name was Emine.
He completed his primary education at Şuhut Zaferyolu Primary School and Şuhut Middle School. He completed his secondary education at Afyonkarahisar High School in 1966, entering the Civil Engineering program of Istanbul Technical University in 1967. He graduated in 1971 with a degree in civil engineering. Between 1976 and 1977 Eroğlu was an assistant lecturer in the Hydraulics Department of the Engineering Faculty of Yıldız Technical University. He completed his doctorate thesis in 1980, and from 1980 to 1981 continued as an assistant lecturer in the Department of Environmental Engineering Department of İstanbul Technical University. Eroğlu carried out postgraduate studies and research at the International Institute for Hydraulic and Environmental Engineering in Delft (Netherlands) in the 1981-1982 academic year, completing the year with the highest grade. After his return to Turkey he became an associate professor in 1984, lecturing in the Environmental Engineering Department. In 1991 Eroğlu was awarded the title of full professor and became head of the Department of Environmental Engineering.
In 1994 Eroğlu was appointed General Director of the Istanbul Water and Sewerage Administration (İSKİ) In the eight years he remained in this post he solved the long-standing problem of Istanbul’s drinking water completely, building 8 dams and a regulator, five drinking water treatment plants and 38 reservoirs. 97% of the potable water distribution network was renewed during his term of office. He computerised the potable water distribution and wastewater systems in Istanbul (SCADA) and made a major contribution to the problem of wastewater disposal with the construction of 8 wastewater treatment plants and renewal of 85% of the sewerage network. His achievement in cleaning up the previously malodorous and heavily polluted Golden Horn and permitting the return of many species of fish resulted in the presentation of the prestigious Metropolis Award to the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality. Eroğlu transformed İSKİ from an organisation which was heavily in debt and had come virtually to a standstill into an efficient, customer-friendly, profitable organisation. During his period of office he continued to lecture at Istanbul Technical University.
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