Faruk Özlü

Faruk Özlü MP

Minister of Science, Industry and Technology
Incumbent
Assumed office 24 May 2016
Prime Minister	Binali Yıldırım
Preceded by	Fikri Işık
Member of the Grand National Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 7 June 2015
Constituency	Düzce (June 2015, Nov 2015)

Personal details
Born	(1962-11-19) 19 November 1962 Düzce, Turkey
Nationality	Turkish
Political party	Justice and Development Party (AKP)
Children	2
Alma mater	Yıldız Technical University İstanbul Technical University
Profession	Politician
Cabinet	65th
Website	Personal website

Faruk Özlü (born 19 November 1962) is a Turkish politician from the Justice and Development Party (AKP) who currently serves as the Minister of Science, Industry and Technology of Turkey since 24 May 2016. He is currently a Member of Parliament for the electoral district of Düzce, having been first elected in the June 2015 general election and re-elected in the November 2015 general election.

Early life and career

Education

Faruk Özlü was born on 19 November 1962 in Düzce and studied at Düzce High School before graduating from the Yıldız Technical University (YTÜ) as a mechanical engineer. He obtained a masters degree and a doctorate from İstanbul Technical University (İTÜ). He obtained further education regarding projects and engineering in Spain, before taking a senior management course at Harvard University in the United States.^[1]

Early career and civil service

In 1987, Özlü returned to YTÜ as a researcher. In 1990, he joined the Defence Industry Undersecretariat as an engineer. He later became an expert, project manager, department manager and assistant undersecretary. He also briefly served as the acting undersecretary.^[2] While working at the Undersecretariat, Özlü oversaw projects such as Turkey's first domestically produced tank ALTAY, the country's first unmanned spacecraft ANKA, its first domestically produced warship MİLGEM.^[3] He also worked on the development of the Airbus A400M Atlas military transport aircraft, the F-35 and F-16 fighter jets, helicopter electronic warfare systems, the M60 tank modernisation, long range air and missile defense systems, coding and simulation.^[4]

He has served on the executive boards of Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI-TUŞAŞ), Airport Operations and Aviation Industries (HEAŞ), Teknopark İstanbul and Defence Technologies Engineering and Commerce (STM).^[5]

Minister of science, industry and technology

Özlü joined the Justice and Development Party (AKP) and was elected as a Member of Parliament for the electoral district of Düzce in the June 2015 general election.^[6] He was re-elected in the November 2015 general election. Following the resignation of Ahmet Davutoğlu as Prime Minister in May 2016, the AKP held an Extraordinary Congress on 22 May to determine his successor. Binali Yıldırım was elected as party leader unopposed and formed his cabinet on 24 May, appointing Özlü as the Minister of Science, Industry and Technology.^[7]

References

↑ "Faruk Özlü kimdir". Ensonhaber. 24 May 2016.
↑ "Faruk Özlü kimdir? İşte Faruk Özlü hakkında merak ettikleriniz...". 24 May 2016.
↑ "Bilim Sanayi ve Teknoloji Bakanı Faruk Özlü kimdir? - Gündem Haberleri". www.haberturk.com. 24 May 2016.
↑ "Hakkında".
↑ "Savunma sanayisinin nokta ismi Faruk Özlü". Sabah. 24 May 2016.
↑ http://www.milliyet.com.tr/faruk-ozlu-kimdir--gundem-2250781/
↑ "Faruk Özlü kimdir?". 24 May 2016.

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Political offices
Preceded by Faruk Özlü	Minister of Science, Industry and Technology 24 May 2016 – present	Incumbent

Cabinet of Yıldırım II (2017 – present)
Prime Minister	Binali Yıldırım
Deputy Prime Ministers	Bekir Bozdağ Mehmet Şimşek Fikri Işık Recep Akdağ Hakan Çavuşoğlu
Ministers	Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu (Foreign Affairs) Ahmet Arslan (Transport and Communication) Lütfi Elvan (Development) Ömer Çelik (EU Affairs) Mehmet Özhaseki (Environment and Urban Planning) Numan Kurtulmuş (Culture and Tourism) Jülide Sarıeroğlu (Labour and Social Security) Fatma Betül Sayan Kaya (Family and Social Policy) Bülent Tüfenkci (Customs and Trade) Süleyman Soylu (Interior) Nurettin Canikli (National Defence) Naci Ağbal (Finance) Ahmet Eşref Fakıbaba (Food, Agriculture and Livestock) Nihat Zeybekci (Economy) Faruk Özlü (Science, Industry and Technology) İsmet Yılmaz (National Education) Ahmet Demircan (Health) Abdulhamit Gül (Justice) Osman Aşkın Bak (Youth and Sports) Berat Albayrak (Energy and Natural Resources) Veysel Eroğlu (Forestry and Water Affairs)
Italic: not in office

Yıldırım Cabinet (2016 – 2017)
Prime Minister	Binali Yıldırım
Deputy Prime Ministers	Nurettin Canikli Numan Kurtulmuş Mehmet Şimşek Veysi Kaynak Tuğrul Türkeş
Ministers	Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu (Foreign Affairs) Ahmet Arslan (Transport and Communication) Lütfi Elvan (Development) Ömer Çelik (EU Affairs) Mehmet Özhaseki (Environment and Urban Planning) Nabi Avcı (Culture and Tourism) Süleyman Soylu → Mehmet Müezzinoğlu (Labour and Social Security) Fatma Betül Sayan Kaya (Family and Social Policy) Bülent Tüfenkci (Customs and Trade) Efkan Ala → Süleyman Soylu (Interior) Fikri Işık (National Defence) Naci Ağbal (Finance) Faruk Çelik (Food, Agriculture and Livestock) Nihat Zeybekci (Economy) Faruk Özlü (Science, Industry and Technology) İsmet Yılmaz (National Education) Recep Akdağ (Health) Bekir Bozdağ (Justice) Akif Çağatay Kılıç (Youth and Sports) Berat Albayrak (Energy and Natural Resources) Veysel Eroğlu (Forestry and Water Affairs)
Italic: not in office

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