Binali Yıldırım

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Binali Yıldırım
Minister of Transport, Maritime and Communication
In office 6 July 2011 – 25 December 2013
Prime Minister	Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Preceded by	Habip Soluk
Succeeded by	Lütfü Elvan
In office 29 August 2007 – 8 March 2011
Prime Minister	Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Preceded by	İsmet Yılmaz
Succeeded by	Habip Soluk
In office 18 November 2002 – 8 May 2007
Prime Minister	Abdullah Gül Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Preceded by	Naci Kınacıoğlu
Succeeded by	İsmet Yılmaz
Personal details
Born	1955 Refahiye, Erzincan Province, Turkey
Nationality	Turkish
Political party	Justice and Development Party (AKP)
Alma mater	Istanbul Technical University World Maritime University
Religion	Islam

Binali Yıldırım (born 1955) is a Turkish politician and the former Minister of Transport, Maritime and Communication of Turkey and a MP for Istanbul of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP).

Born in Refahiye in Erzincan Province, Yıldırım was educated at the Istanbul Technical University's School of Maritime in Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering and in 1991 he graduated from the World Maritime University with a Master of Science degree in Maritime Safety and Environmental Protection. After graduation, Yıldırım served as the director general of the Istanbul Fast Ferries Company (İDO) from 1994 to 2000 while the current Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was mayor of Istanbul.

He entered politics and became a co-founder of the Justice and Development Party in August 2001. During his term of transport minister, Turkey met with high-speed rail lines. Under his leadership, Turkey constructed high-speed rail between Ankara-Eskişehir and Ankara-Konya. Also Eskisehir-Istanbul line is under construction to connect Istanbul and Ankara. The project collapsed after the tragic derailment of a train in Pamukova, Sakarya Province on 22 July 2004 during one of the first journeys between Istanbul and Eskişehir. Calls for Yıldırım's resignation followed this incident; however, he ignored the calls.^[1]

His repeated appointment to the ministry was declared by Prime Minister Erdoğan on 6 July 2011 with other members of the new cabinet.^[2] He was removed from office on 25 December 2013 in a cabinet reshuffle.

A photograph of his (veiled) wife seated separately from him during a business lunch went viral and produced an outcry in Turkey in 2005, many criticizing him for sexism.^[3] On another occasion, he commented that he did not attend Boğaziçi University in his youth because he "saw boys and girls sitting and talking together in the university's yard" and found the genders intermixing unacceptable.^[4] As the minister of communications, Yıldırım has also been the source of numerous other political gaffes, including replying to a criticisms about state surveillance of phone lines with, "If you are not up to anything illegal, don't worry about surveillance."^[5]

References

↑ Binali Yıldırım'ın oğlu Erkan Yıldırımın gemi sahibi olması basından tepki alıyor, TurizmdeBuSabah.com
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↑ "Dayatma mı tercih mi?". Radikal. 29 November 2013. Retrieved 10 January 2009.
↑ "Binali Yıldırım'ın gafı Penguen'e kapak oldu!". Medyafaresi. 6 February 2013. Retrieved 25 December 2013.
↑ "Politik mesajlar nasıl işler?". Milliyet (in Turkish). 31 January 2013. Retrieved 25 December 2013.

v t e 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

v t e Erdoğan Cabinet I (2003–2007)

Abdullah Gül^D Mehmet Ali Şahin^D Abdüllatif Şener^D Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Ali Babacan^S Güldal Akşit^S Nimet Çubukçu^SE Mehmet Aydın^S Kürşad Tüzmen^S Beşir Atalay^S Cemil Çiçek Fahri Kasırga^E Mehmet Vecdi Gönül Abdülkadir Aksu Osman Güneş^E Kemal Unakıtan Hüseyin Çelik Zeki Ergezen Faruk Nafız Özak^C Recep Akdağ Binali Yıldırım İsmet Yılmaz^E Sami Güçlü Mehmet Mehdi Eker^C Murat Başesgioğlu Ali Coşkun Mehmet Hilmi Güler Erkan Mumcu Atilla Koç^C Osman Pepe

D: Deputy Prime Minister; Bold: Prime Minister of Turkey; S: State Minister; C: served from 2005; E: served from 2007

v t e Erdoğan Cabinet II (2007–2011)

Cemil Çiçek^D Hayati Yazıcı^D Bülent Arınç^DC Nazım Ekren^D Ali Babacan^DC Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Mehmet Aydın^S Kürşad Tüzmen^S Mehmet Zafer Çağlayan^SC Nimet Çubukçu^S Selma Aliye Kavaf^SC Cevdet Yılmaz^S Mustafa Sait Yazıcıoğlu^S Faruk Çelik^SC Murat Başesgioğlu^S Faruk Nafız Özak^SC Egemen Bağış^SC Hayati Yazıcı^S Mehmet Ali Şahin Sadullah Ergin^C Sadullah Ergin Mehmet Vecdi Gönül Beşir Atalay Ali Babacan Ahmet Davutoğlu^C Kemal Unakıtan Mehmet Şimşek^C Hüseyin Çelik Nimet Çubukçu^C Faruk Nafız Özak Mustafa Demir^C Recep Akdağ Binali Yıldırım Mehmet Mehdi Eker Faruk Çelik Ömer Dinçer^C Mehmet Zafer Çağlayan Nihat Ergün^C Mehmet Hilmi Güler Taner Yıldız^C Ertuğrul Günay Veysel Eroğlu

D: Deputy Prime Minister; Bold: Prime Minister of Turkey; S: State Minister; C: served from 2009

v t e Erdoğan Cabinet III (2011–present)

Prime Minister	Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

Deputy Prime Ministers	Bülent Arınç Ali Babacan Beşir Atalay Bekir Bozdağ · Emrullah İşler

Ministers	Ahmet Davutoğlu (Foreign Affairs) Binali Yıldırım · Lütfi Elvan (Transport and Communication) Cevdet Yılmaz (Development) Egemen Bağış · Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu (European Union) Erdoğan Bayraktar · İdris Güllüce (Environment and Urban Planning) Ertuğrul Günay · Ömer Çelik (Culture and Tourism) Faruk Çelik (Labour and Social Security) Fatma Şahin · Ayşenur İslam (Family and Social Policy) Hayati Yazıcı (Customs and Commerce) İdris Naim Şahin · Muammer Güler · Efkan Ala (Interior) İsmet Yılmaz (National Defence) Mehmet Şimşek (Finance) Mehmet Mehdi Eker (Food, Agriculture and Animal husbandry) Zafer Çağlayan · Nihat Zeybekci (Economy) Nihat Ergün · Fikri Işık (Science, Industry and Technology) Ömer Dinçer · Nabi Avcı (National Education) Recep Akdağ · Mehmet Müezzinoğlu (Health) Sadullah Ergin · Bekir Bozdağ (Justice) Suat Kılıç · Akif Çağatay Kılıç (Youth and Sports) Taner Yıldız (Energy and Natural Resources) Veysel Eroğlu (Forestry and Water Affairs)

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Persondata
Name	Yildirim, Binali
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Short description	Turkish politician
Date of birth	1955
Place of birth	Refahiye, Erzincan Province, Turkey
Date of death
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