Kürşad Tüzmen

Kürşad Tüzmen (b Ankara 1958) is a former Minister of State of Turkey responsible for foreign trade. He has been in this position between 2002 and 2009.

1 Education and career
2 Personal life
3 Sayings and quotations
4 References

Education and career

He is a graduate in management science from Middle East Technical University. Tüzmen holds a Master's degree in international relations from the University of Illinois, USA. He was formerly a high-ranking civil servant in the Ministry of Foreign Trade.^[1]

Personal life

He is married and has two children. He is a diver and a former champion swimmer, winning a race across the Bosphorus in 2004, in the 46-50 year-old category, and even now is occasionally photographed in swimwear.

Sayings and quotations

(In response to Jacques Chirac's comment that Turkey belongs in Europe as we are all children of Byzantium....Many Christian converts were put to service under the Ottoman Empire. The Ottomans united many races for a single purpose. Europe knows whose son he is but I am the son of Ottomans ^[2]

References

^ "Kürşad Tüzmen" (in Turkish). Personal website. http://www.kursadtuzmen.com/alt/kisisel/ozgecmis.htm. Retrieved 2010-05-29.
^ Hürriyet - -Tüzmen: Biz Osmanlı çocuğuyuz, Avrupa ne çocuğu olduğunu bilir

Cabinet of Prime Minister Abdullah Gül (2002–2003)

Cabinet

Deputy Prime Ministers	Mehmet Ali Şahin • Abdüllatif Şener • Ertuğrul Yalçınbayır

Minister of State	Mehmet Aydın • Beşir Atalay • Ali Babacan • Kürşad Tüzmen

Minister of Justice	Cemil Çiçek

Minister of National Defense	Mehmet Vecdi Gönül

Minister of the Interior	Abdülkadir Aksu

Minister of Foreign Affairs	Yaşar Yakış

Minister of Finance	Kemal Unakıtan

Minister of National Education	Erkan Mumcu

Minister of Public Works and Settlement	Zeki Ergezen

Minister of Health	Recep Akdağ

Minister of Transport and Communication	Binali Yıldırım

Minister of Agriculture	Sami Güçlü

Minister of Labour and Social Security	Murat Başesgioğlu

Minister of Industry and Commerce	Ali Coşkun

Minister of Energy and Natural Resources	Mehmet Hilmi Güler

Minister of Culture	Hüseyin Çelik

Minister of Tourism	Güldal Akşit

Minister of Environment	İmdat Sütlüoğlu

Minister of Forestry	Osman Pepe

First cabinet of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (2003–2007)

Cabinet

Deputy Prime Ministers	Abdullah Gül (2003–2007) Mehmet Ali Şahin (2003–2007) Abdüllatif Şener (2003–2007)

Minister of State	Ali Babacan (2003–2007) Güldal Akşit (2003-2005) • Nimet Çubukçu (2005–2007) Mehmet Aydın (2003–2007) Kürşad Tüzmen (2003–2007) Beşir Atalay (2003–2007)

Minister of Justice	Cemil Çiçek (2003–2007) • Fahri Kasırga (2007)

Minister of National Defense	Mehmet Vecdi Gönül (2003–2007)

Minister of the Interior	Abdülkadir Aksu (2003–2007) • Osman Güneş (2007)

Minister of Foreign Affairs	Abdullah Gül (2003–2007)

Minister of Finance	Kemal Unakıtan (2003–2007)

Minister of National Education	Hüseyin Çelik (2003–2007)

Minister of Public Works and Settlement	Zeki Ergezen (2003-2007) • Faruk Nafız Özak (2005–2007)

Minister of Health	Recep Akdağ (2003–2007)

Minister of Transport and Communication	Binali Yıldırım (2003–2007) • İsmet Yılmaz (2007)

Minister of Agriculture	Sami Güçlü (2003–2005) • Mehmet Mehdi Eker (2005–2007)

Minister of Labour and Social Security	Murat Başesgioğlu (2003–2007)

Minister of Industry and Commerce	Ali Coşkun (2003–2007)

Minister of Energy and Natural Resources	Mehmet Hilmi Güler (2003–2007)

Minister of Culture and Tourism	Erkan Mumcu (2003–2005) • Atilla Koç (2005–2007)

Minister of Environment and Forestry	Osman Pepe (2003–2007)

Second cabinet of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (2007–2011)

Cabinet

Deputy Prime Ministers	Cemil Çiçek (2007–2011) Hayati Yazıcı (2007–2009) • Bülent Arınç (2009–2011) Nazım Ekren (2007–2009) • Ali Babacan (2009–2011)

Minister of State	Mehmet Aydın (2007–2011) Kürşad Tüzmen (2007-2009) • Mehmet Zafer Çağlayan (2009–2011) Nimet Çubukçu (2007–2009) • Selma Aliye Kavaf (2009–2011) Cevdet Yılmaz (2009–2011) Mustafa Sait Yazıcıoğlu (2007–2009) • Faruk Çelik (2009–2011) Murat Başesgioğlu (2007–2009) • Faruk Nafız Özak (2009–2011) Egemen Bağış (2009–2011) Hayati Yazıcı (2009–2011)

Minister of Justice	Mehmet Ali Şahin (2007–2009) • Sadullah Ergin (2009–2011)

Minister of National Defense	Mehmet Vecdi Gönül (2007–2011)

Minister of the Interior	Beşir Atalay (2007–2011)

Minister of Foreign Affairs	Ali Babacan (2007–2009) • Ahmet Davutoğlu (since 2009–2011)

Minister of Finance	Kemal Unakıtan (2007–2009) • Mehmet Şimşek (2009–2011)

Minister of National Education	Hüseyin Çelik (2007–2009) • Nimet Çubukçu (2009–2011)

Minister of Public Works and Settlement	Faruk Nafız Özak (2007-2009) • Mustafa Demir (2009–2011)

Minister of Health	Recep Akdağ (2007–2011)

Minister of Transport and Communication	Binali Yıldırım (2007–2011)

Minister of Agriculture	Mehmet Mehdi Eker (2007–2011)

Minister of Labour and Social Security	Faruk Çelik (2007–2009) • Ömer Dinçer (2009–2011)

Minister of Industry and Commerce	Mehmet Zafer Çağlayan (2007–2009) • Nihat Ergün (2009–2011)

Minister of Energy and Natural Resources	Mehmet Hilmi Güler (2007–2009) • Taner Yıldız (2009–2011)

Minister of Culture and Tourism	Ertuğrul Günay (2007–2011)

Minister of Environment and Forestry	Veysel Eroğlu (2007–2011)

Persondata
Name	Tuzmen, Kursad
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Date of birth	1958
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Kürşad Tüzmen

Contents

Education and career

Personal life

Sayings and quotations

References