Yalçın Topçu
Yalçın Topçu | |
|---|---|
Great Union Party | |
| In office 24 May 2009 – 12 June 2011 | |
| Preceded by | Muhsin Yazıcıoğlu |
| Succeeded by | Hakkı Öznur |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Yalçın Topçu 1957 (age 67–68) 63rd |
Yalçın Topçu (born 1957) is a
Great Union Party between 2009 and 2011, resigning after being defeated in the 2011 general election
.
Life and early career
Yalçın Topçu was born in 1957 in Ardahan in eastern Turkey. His family is of Turkish Meskhetian origin.[1]
Bureaucratic career
Topçu was a public sector worker before becoming a founding member of the
Great Union Party in 1992. In 1996, he returned to his position in the civil service and worked in the Press and Public Relations Undersecretariat to the Prime Ministry of Turkey
for 11 years. In 2007, he retired from the civil service while serving as an assistant manager for business.
Political career
While serving as the district President of the
Great Union Party (BBP). He later returned to his career in the civil service in 1996. In 2007, he was invited by BBP leader Muhsin Yazıcıoğlu to become the General Secretary of the party, a position to which he was elected in the BBP's 3rd congress in 2007.[2]
After the death of Muhsin Yazıcıoğlu in 2009, Topçu was elected leader of the BBP in the party's 4th congress. He resigned after a defeat in the 2011 general election. In a statement he released on his party's website, Topçu stated that he bore the blame for the party's failure and that there is no word to be said after the people of a democracy had spoken.[3] On 3 February 2014, he resigned from the BBP altogether.[4]
Minister of Culture and Tourism
After the
independents must take their place. As an independent politician, Topçu was appointed as the Minister of Culture and Tourism by Davutoğlu on 28 August 2015, a move which came as a general surprise to many political observers and commentators.[5]
See also
References
- ^ Kazakistan Cumhurbaşkanı Nazarbayev'den Yalçın Topçu'ya Madalya, Haber7, 2019, retrieved 20 December 2020,
esepsiyonda konuşan Topçu minnettarlıklarını belirterek "ben bir Ahıska Türk'ü ailenin çocuğuyum. Yıllar önce akrabalarımı bağırlarına bastıkları için Kazakistan halkına minnettarım.
- ^ "Yalçın Topçu Kimdir? - Yalçın Topçu Hayatı ve Biyografisi".
- ^ "BBP leader Yalçın Topçu resigns after defeat in Sunday's vote". Today's Zaman. 12 June 2011. Retrieved 16 June 2011.
- ^ "BBP Eski Genel Başkanı Yalçın Topçu Kültür ve Turizm Bakanı Oldu - Son Dakika". 28 August 2015.
- ^ "Geçici Kabine'nin en süpriz ismi !". 28 August 2015.