Hüseyin Çelik
Hüseyin Çelik | |
|---|---|
Nimet Çubukçu | |
| Minister of Culture | |
| In office 19 November 2002 – 14 March 2003 | |
| Prime Minister | Abdullah Gül |
| Preceded by | Suat Çağlayan |
| Succeeded by | Erkan Mumcu |
| Member of the Grand National Assembly | |
| In office 18 April 1999 – 7 June 2015 | |
| Constituency | Van (1999, 2002, 2007) Gaziantep (2011) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 5 March 1959 Van, Turkey |
| Political party | Justice and Development Party (AKP) (2001–) True Path Party (DYP) (1999–2001) |
| Spouse | Şahsenem Çelik |
| Alma mater | Istanbul University University of London |
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| Website | HuseyinCelik.net[usurped] |
Hüseyin Çelik (born 5 March 1959 in
Background
Çelik was the first advisor of
Writer
During the 1990s he wrote a column on Ottoman era politics and other issues for the nationalist-leaning social and political science journal Türkiye Günlüğü. He has published 15 books on politics, culture, history etc. has also edited and annotated an edition of the work "Şinasi" by Ottoman writer Ziyad Ebuzziya.
Political career
He was elected to parliament for Van as a member of
During his brief tenure as Minister of Culture he is remembered for immediately sacking the entire Board for the Protection of Culture and Nature (Turkish: Kültür ve Tabiat Varlıklarını Koruma Kurulu).[1] Regional bodies set up to monitor archaeology and other research throughout the country, led by architect and champion of Anatolia's cultural heritage Oktay Ekinci, one of those dismissed. Çelik was then accused of taking this action under pressure from AK Party MP for Muğla Hasan Özyer in order to enable the Muğla coastline to be developed for mass-market tourism.[2]
Minister of Education (2003 - 2009)
As Minister of Education as well as curriculum reform and all the day-to-day running of the school system, Çelik has had to deal with a number of issues including:
- pressure from the European Union to re-open the Greek Orthodox Halki seminary school in Istanbul.
- pressure from graduates and parents, the majority of them AK Party voters, to change the rules that currently limit graduates of the conservative Imam Hatip schoolsto studying only religious studies at university.
- a number of clashes with the Higher Education Board over issues ranging from the Imam Hatip issue to the appointment and dismissal of individual university rectors.[3]
Personal life
Çelik is of Turkish descent on his father's side and of Kurdish descent on his mother's side.[4] He is married to Şahsenem Çelik and they have three children; Ali Ekrem, Enes, and Büşra Vuslat.
References
- ^ "Bakan Çelik'ten kurul savunması". Kültür/Sanat. Radikal (in Turkish). 2003-02-25. Retrieved 2008-10-11.
- ^ Çalışlar, Oral (2003-02-21). Cumhuriyet
- ^ "Çelik'ten PKK'lı akraba iddiasına yanıt". Archived from the original on December 31, 2007., CNNTURK
- ^ Yaklaşık 5-6 milyon Türk-Kürt evliliği var, Sabah, 2010
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