Numan Kurtulmuş
| Numan Kurtulmuş | |
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| Vice Chair of AK Party | |
| In office November 1 2010 – 19 September 2012 (merged into AKP) | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1959 Ünye, Ordu Province, Turkey |
| Nationality | Turkish |
| Political party | FP SP HAS Parti AKP |
| Spouse(s) | Sevgi Kurtulmuş |
| Alma mater | Istanbul University |
| Religion | Sunni Islam |
| Website | numankurtulmus.com.tr/ |
Prof. Dr. Numan Kurtulmuş (born 1959) is a Turkish politician.
His family
Numan Kurtulmuş was born in the town of Ünye in northern Turkey. He is the grandson of the author of a book entitled A Commentary on "I believed in", which was the first Turkish Islamic book written in the Latin alphabet at the early period of the Republican period of Turkey. The grandfather of Kurtulmuş was also a major in the Turkish army who fought in the Turkish War of Independence. His father, Dr. İsmail Niyazi Kurtulmuş, was a founder of many charities and foundations.
Kurtulmuş is married and has three children.
Academic career
Kurtulmus received his bachelor’s and master’s degree at Istanbul University's School of Business Administration. He has been at Cornell University, the US as a visiting scholar, during his dissertation work. Kurtulmus obtained his PhD in economics in 1992. He became Associate Professor in 1994 at Istanbul University, Faculty of Economics.
He has authored numerous articles and two books, entitled “Post-Industrial Transformation” and “The Japanese Human Resource Management”. He lectured at the Istanbul University's School of Economics on Social Policy, Labor Economics and Human Resources Management. He was promoted to the rank of professorship in 2004.
Political career
In 1998, Kurtulmuş became Istanbul provincial head of the Virtue Party (FP) and a member of the party’s General Administrative Board. Later he served as Istanbul Provincial head of Virtue Party and deputy chair.
Kurtulmuş was elected for the chair of the Felicity Party (SP) at the Third Ordinary Congress of the Party on 26 October 2008. After a rift developed with the followers of former FP leader and ex Prime Minister Erbakan, signatures of majority of the delegates asked for renewal of the congres and sacking of Kurtulmuş. Refusing this ended up in court and court ruled that party administration should be transferred from his leadership to a board of trustees, after the ruling he had to resign from that position on 1 October 2010.[1]
On November 1, 2010, Kurtulmuş founded a new party, the People's Voice Party (Halkın Sesi Partisi), of which he was elected leader on November 28, 2010.[2] In September 2012, two-year-old conservative-oriented People's Voice Party (HSP) dissolved itself and joined the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) with a majority of its delegates’ votes.[3]
References
- ↑ "Kurtulmuş resigns as Saadet leader in Turkey". Hürriyet Daily News. 1 October 2010. Retrieved 1 October 2010.
- ↑ "Kurtulmuş confirmed as first leader of Turkish party HSP". Hürriyet Daily News. 28 November 2010. Retrieved 12 December 2010.
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