Köksal Toptan
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Köksal Toptan | |
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23rd Speaker of the Grand National Assembly | |
In office 9 August 2007 – 9 August 2009 | |
President | Ahmet Necdet Sezer Abdullah Gül |
Deputy | Eyyüp Cenap Gülpınar Nevzat Pakdil Meral Akşener Güldal Mumcu |
Preceded by | Bülent Arınç |
Succeeded by | Mehmet Ali Şahin |
Minister of Culture | |
In office 5 October 1995 – 30 October 1995 | |
Prime Minister | Tansu Çiller |
Preceded by | İsmail Cem |
Succeeded by | Fikri Sağlar |
Minister of National Education | |
In office 23 June 1991 – 25 June 1993 | |
Prime Minister | Süleyman Demirel |
Preceded by | Avni Akyol |
Succeeded by | Nahit Menteşe |
Minister of State | |
In office 12 November 1979 – 12 September 1980 | |
Prime Minister | Süleyman Demirel |
Member of the Grand National Assembly | |
In office 3 November 2002 – 7 June 2015 | |
Constituency | Zonguldak (2002, 2007, 2011) |
In office 14 December 1987 – 18 April 1999 | |
Constituency | Zonguldak (1987) Bartın (1991, 1995) |
In office 5 June 1977 – 12 September 1980 | |
Constituency | Zonguldak (1977) |
Personal details | |
Born | Rize, Turkey | 3 January 1943
Political party | Justice Party (1963-1980) True Path Party (1986-1999) Justice and Development Party (2002-present) |
Spouse | Saime Toptan |
Alma mater | Istanbul University |
Köksal Toptan (born 3 January 1943) is a Turkish lawyer, politician and a member of the Justice and Development Party. He earlier served as government minister in three cabinets. He was the speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey between August 2007 and August 2009.
He was educated in the Faculty of Law at
Elected as deputy of Zonguldak from the AKP again in 2007, he was nominated by his party for the post of
Köksal Toptan is married with three children.
Extended biography
On 12 November 1979, he was appointed as a state minister in the Süleyman Demirel government, a post he held until the military coup of 12 September 1980. Banned from politics, Toptan started to work as a lawyer and even represented Demirel, who was also banned from political activity. He became famous winning all the cases in which he defended Demirel. In 1983, he took an active role in the establishment of the True Path Party (DYP), then led by Hüsamettin Cindoruk, and entered Parliament for a second time as a Zonguldak deputy in the interim elections held on 28 September 1986. In the 1991 elections, he became a deputy from Bartın and then was appointed minister of education. During his term, he introduced innovative projects such as open high schools and student transfers from the Turkic republics.
After Demirel was elected president in 1993, he competed with Tansu Çiller for leadership of the DYP but was defeated and resigned from his post as education minister. In 1995, he served as culture minister and was re-elected as a Bartın deputy in the general elections held in December of that year. In the 1999 general elections, Toptan was unable to enter Parliament but began to work as the chairman of a foundation promoting Turkey.
Before the
Toptan's wife is a former judge with the
References
- ^ Turkish Grand National Assembly official website (in Turkish)
- ^ AKP'nin adayı Köksal Toptan[permanent dead link], Sabah, 8 August 2007 (in Turkish)