Selami Altınok

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Selami Altınok
Minister of the Interior
In office
28 August 2015 – 17 November 2015
Prime MinisterAhmet Davutoğlu
Preceded bySebahattin Öztürk
Succeeded byEfkan Ala
Istanbul General Director of Security
In office
18 December 2013 – 31 August 2015
Preceded byHüseyin Çapkın
Succeeded byMustafa Çalışkan
10th Governor of Aksaray
In office
2 August 2012 – 16 February 2014
PresidentAbdullah Gül
Preceded byOrhan Alimoğlu
Succeeded byŞeref Ataklı
Personal details
Born (1966-01-20) January 20, 1966 (age 58)
63rd

Selami Altınok (born 20 January 1966) is a

interim election government formed by Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu between 28 August and 17 November 2015. He previously served as the 10th Governor of Aksaray from 2012 to 2014 and was appointed as the General Director of Security in Istanbul on 16 December 2013. He is also a former Kaymakam
(sub-governor).

A member of the Justice and Development Party, he was elected to the Grand National Assembly of Turkey in the 2023 parliamentary election from Erzurum.[1]

Early life and career

Selami Altınok was born in 1966 in Narman, Erzurum and graduated from Department of Public Administration in Istanbul University Faculty of Political Sciences in 1988.[2] He was later appointed as the Deputy Kaymakam to the district of Akkışla and went on to become the Kaymakam of Almus, Güroymak, Erciş, Terme and Serik. After serving as a Kaymakam, he became the General Secretary of the Erzurum Special Provincial Administration.[3]

Governor of Aksaray

Altınok was appointed as the

Turkish government and the President Abdullah Gül on 2 August 2012. He served in this position until 16 February 2014, after which he was appointed as a Central Governor with no responsibility.[4]

Istanbul General Director of Security

Following a series of police raids on the homes of numerous businessmen and the sons of four cabinet ministers as part of a

Gülen Movement and would be removed from their positions. After the controversial removal of Çapkın from office, Altınok was appointed as the new General Director of Security for Istanbul.[5]

Tape recording scandal

While serving as the Istanbul General Director of Security, a recording of a phone call between Altınok and the then-Undersecretary to the Interior Ministry (later Interior Minister)

Gülen Movement. In the alleged phone call, Altınok could be heard saying that 'they would violently crush the heads of any dissident'.[6] The released recordings, which targeted numerous government ministers and supporters, were dismissed as fakes by the then-Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.[7]

Minister of the Interior

After the

independents
must take their place.

When going into an election, the Constitution requires that the partisan ministers responsible for

Efkan Âlâ, who resigned as required by the Constitution on 7 March 2015.[8]

See also

References

  1. ^ Haber, Diyadinnet. "Altınok; Gençlerin teveccühü memnuniyet verici". Diyadinnet (in Turkish). Retrieved 6 June 2023.
  2. ^ "Selami Altınok kimdir? | GAZETE VATAN GALERİ". www.gazetevatan.com.
  3. ^ "Info". www.rotahaber.com. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
  4. ^ "Selami Altınok Kimdir? Nereli? Kaç yaşında? | Güncel Biyografi". engunceli.com. Archived from the original on 26 June 2015. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
  5. ^ "İçişleri Bakanı Selami Altınok kimdir?". İhlas Haber Ajansı.
  6. ^ "YouTube". YouTube. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
  7. ^ Staff, CNN. "Turkish PM says incriminating phone recordings are fake". CNN. {{cite news}}: |first= has generic name (help)
  8. ^ "Selami Altınok İçişleri Bakanı oldu". Ensonhaber. 28 August 2015.

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