Taner Yıldız (b. 3 April 1962, Devecipınar, Boğazlıyan) is a Turkish politician. He is a member of the Justice and Development Party and the Energy and Natural Resources Minister of Turkey.[1]
Taner Yıldız is graduated from the Istanbul Technical University (Sakarya University) as an electrical engineer. He worked with the Kayseri Electricity Generation Company. He was elected to the Parliament in 2002. Taner Yıldız served as an energy adviser to the prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. On 1 May 2009, after reshuffle of the cabinet, he took the post of the Energy and Natural Resources Minister.[1]
He is married and has 4 children.[1]
According to a report published by the newspaper Zaman, Yıldız was punched in the face on Tuesday, April 20, 2010, by an assailant during a funeral of a Turkish soldier killed in a military operation against the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in the eastern province of Sirnak.
Yıldız suffered a broken nose and deep cuts in his forehead and was hospitalized after the assault.
“This is the fist of the Turkish nation; here comes the initiative,” the attacker reportedly said while punching Yıldız's face.[2]
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