Yalçın Akdoğan
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Yalçın Akdoğan MP |
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| Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey | |
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In office 29 August 2014 – 24 May 2016 |
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| Prime Minister | Ahmet Davutoğlu |
| Served with |
Bülent Arınç (2014-2015) Ali Babacan (2014-2015) Cevdet Yılmaz (2015) Numan Kurtulmuş Lütfi Elvan Tuğrul Türkeş Mehmet Şimşek |
| Preceded by | Emrullah İşler |
| Succeeded by | Nurettin Canikli |
| Member of the Grand National Assembly | |
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Assumed office 12 June 2011 |
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| Constituency | Ankara (I) (2011, June 2015, Nov 2015) |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
22 September 1969 Üsküdar, Istanbul, Turkey |
| Nationality |
 Turkey
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| Political party | Justice and Development Party (AKP) |
| Children | 3 |
| Education | Journalism |
| Alma mater | Anadolu University |
| Occupation | Politician, academic, journalist |
| Cabinet | 62nd, 63rd, 64th |
| Religion | Islam |
Yalçın Akdoğan (born 22 September 1969) is a Turkish politician who served as Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey from 2014 to 2016. A member of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), Akdoğan became a Member of Parliament representing Ankara's first electoral district at the 2011 general election and was re-elected in June 2015. Prior to being elected Akdoğan was an academic and a journalist, having taught at the Bahçeşehir Üniversitesi and Anadolu University and written for Yeni Şafak and Star among others. He named Traditionalist authors René Guénon and Seyyed Hossein Nasr as his favourite writers.
Akdoğan was appointed as a Deputy Prime Minister in the Government of Ahmet Davutoğlu on 29 August 2014. He was responsible for the Solution process with Kurdish militants, designed to end the 40 years of conflict with Kurdish separatists. He acted as the chief government negotiator during peace talks until they collapsed in 2015.
Akdoğan was born on 22 September 1969 in Üsküdar, İstanbul. He graduated from Anadolu University Faculty of Communications, where had had studied in the Department of Printing and Publishing. He served his compulsory military service in the Turkish Navy between 1991 and 1993. He received a master's degree in communication sciences from the same university and pursued a doctorate concerning political and social sciences at Marmara University, becoming a Docent in 2007.
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