Beşir Atalay

Beşir Atalay MP

Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey
In office 14 July 2011 – 29 August 2014
Prime Minister	Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Serving with	Bülent Arınç Ali Babacan Bekir Bozdağ Emrullah İşler
Preceded by	Cemil Çiçek
Succeeded by	Numan Kurtulmuş
Minister of the Interior
In office 28 August 2007 – 14 July 2011
Prime Minister	Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Preceded by	Abdülkadir Aksu
Succeeded by	İdris Naim Şahin
Member of the Grand National Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 19 November 2002
Constituency	Ankara (II) (2002, 2007) Kırıkkale (2011)
Personal details
Born	(1947-01-15) 15 January 1947 Keskin, Turkey
Political party	Justice and Development Party
Alma mater	Keskin
Religion	Sunni Islam
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Beşir Atalay (pronounced [beʃiɾ ˈataɫaj]; born 1947) is a Turkish politician who was Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey in the government of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan from 2011 to 2014. Previously he was Minister of the Interior from 28 August 2007 to 14 July 2011.

Early years and academic career

Born in Keskin, Kırıkkale Province, he graduated from the Faculty of Law at Ankara University and worked as a lecturer at Erzurum Atatürk University. He then worked at the State Planning Organization (DPT), Marmara University, and UNESCO's Turkish National Commission. Atalay was the founding rector of Kırıkkale University until he was removed from office by the Board of Higher Education (YÖK).

Political career

He became a minister of state in Erdoğan's first cabinet following President Ahmet Necdet Sezer's veto of a proposal to appoint Atalay as minister of education. Then in August 2007 he was promoted to interior minister, one of the few cabinet changes following the re-election of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan that summer, and also following Sezer's retirement from the presidency.

Personal life

Beşir Atalay is married to Yıldız Atalay and has three children.

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References

Biyografi.net - Biography of Beşir Atalay

Political offices
Preceded by Abdülkadir Aksu	Minister of the Interior 2007–2011	Succeeded by İdris Naim Şahin
Preceded by Cemil Çiçek	First Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey 2011–present	Incumbent

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

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

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

Erdoğan Cabinet III (2011–2014)

Prime Minister

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

Deputy Prime Ministers

current	Bülent Arınç Ali Babacan Beşir Atalay Emrullah İşler

former	Bekir Bozdağ (now Justice minister)

Ministers

current	Ahmet Davutoğlu (Foreign Affairs) Lütfi Elvan (Transport and Communication) Cevdet Yılmaz (Development) Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu (European Union) İdris Güllüce (Environment and Urban Planning) Ömer Çelik (Culture and Tourism) Faruk Çelik (Labour and Social Security) Ayşenur İslam (Family and Social Policy) Hayati Yazıcı (Customs and Commerce) Efkan Ala (Interior) İsmet Yılmaz (National Defence) Mehmet Şimşek (Finance) Mehmet Mehdi Eker (Food, Agriculture and Animal husbandry) Nihat Zeybekci (Economy) Fikri Işık (Science, Industry and Technology) Nabi Avcı (National Education) Mehmet Müezzinoğlu (Health) Bekir Bozdağ (Justice) Akif Çağatay Kılıç (Youth and Sports) Taner Yıldız (Energy and Natural Resources) Veysel Eroğlu (Forestry and Water Affairs)

former	Binali Yıldırım (Transport and Communication) Egemen Bağış (European Union) Erdoğan Bayraktar (Environment and Urban Planning) Ertuğrul Günay (Culture and Tourism) Fatma Şahin (Family and Social Policy) İdris Naim Şahin (Interior) Muammer Güler (Interior) Zafer Çağlayan (Economy) Nihat Ergün (Science, Industry and Technology) Ömer Dinçer (National Education) Recep Akdağ (Health) Sadullah Ergin (Justice) Suat Kılıç (Youth and Sports)