Ömer Çelik

Ömer Çelik MP


Minister of European Union Affairs
Incumbent
Assumed office 24 May 2016
Prime Minister	Binali Yıldırım
Preceded by	Volkan Bozkır
Chief Negotiator for Turkish Accession to the European Union
Incumbent
Assumed office 24 May 2016
Prime Minister	Binali Yıldırım
Preceded by	Volkan Bozkır
Minister of Culture and Tourism
In office 24 January 2013 – 28 August 2015
Prime Minister	Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Ahmet Davutoğlu
Preceded by	Ertuğrul Günay
Succeeded by	Yalçın Topçu
Member of the Grand National Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 November 2015
Constituency	Adana (Nov 2015)
In office 3 November 2002 – 7 June 2015
Constituency	Adana (2002, 2007, 2011)
Personal details
Born	(1968-06-15) June 15, 1968 Adana, Turkey
Nationality	Turkish
Political party	Justice and Development Party (AKP)
Alma mater	Gazi University
Profession	Journalist, politician
Religion	Islam

Ömer Çelik (born June 15, 1968 in Adana) is a Turkish journalist and politician. Between January 24, 2013 and August 28, 2015, he served as Minister of Culture and Tourism. He currently serves as the Minister of European Union Affairs and as the Chief Negotiator for Turkish Accession to the European Union since 24 May 2016.

Early years

He was born on June 15, 1968 in Adana to Ziya Çelik and his wife Dudu. After graduating from Gazi University's Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, he earned his master's degree in political science at the same university's Graduate School of Social Sciences.^[1]

Ömer Çelik worked as a journalist and political scientist. He joined the Justice and Development Party (AKP) and became political advisor to the party leader.^[1]

Politics

Çelik with Japan's Princess Akiko (April 27, 2014)

He was elected to Parliament as a deputy from Adana for three consecutive terms in 2002, 2007 and 2011. Since 2010, he has served as the Deputy Chairman responsible for Foreign Affairs.^[2] He is also the chairman of the Friendship Group of Bilateral Parliamentary Relations between Turkey and the United States.^[1]

On January 24, 2013, Ömer Çelik was appointed Minister of Culture and Tourism in the cabinet of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan replacing Ertuğrul Günay.^[1]^[3]

Family life

Ömer Çelik is single.^[1]

References

1 2 3 4 5 "Yeni Kültür ve Turizm Bakanı Ömer Çelik oldu". SabaHaber (in Turkish). 2013-01-25. Retrieved 2013-01-27.
↑ Çamlıbel, Cansu (2012-11-24). "Artık 'Ortadoğu altılısı' var". Hürriyet (in Turkish). Retrieved 2013-12-16.
↑ Şenyüz, Selçuk (2013-01-24). "Sürpriz zirve sonrası kabine değişikliği". Hürriyet (in Turkish). Retrieved 2013-01-24.

Yıldırım Cabinet (2016 – present)

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

First Davutoğlu Cabinet (2014 – 2015)

Prime Minister	Ahmet Davutoğlu

Deputy Prime Ministers	Bülent Arınç Numan Kurtulmuş Ali Babacan Yalçın Akdoğan

Ministers	Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu (Foreign Affairs) Lütfi Elvan → Feridun Bilgin (Transport and Communication) Cevdet Yılmaz (Development) Volkan Bozkır (European Union) İdris Güllüce (Environment and Urban Planning) Ömer Çelik (Culture and Tourism) Faruk Çelik (Labour and Social Security) Ayşenur İslam (Family and Social Policy) Nurettin Canikli (Customs and Commerce) Efkan Ala → Sebahattin Öztürk (Interior) İsmet Yılmaz → Vecdi Gönül (National Defence) Mehmet Şimşek (Finance) Mehmet Mehdi Eker (Food, Agriculture and Animal husbandry) Nihat Zeybekci (Economy) Fikri Işık (Science, Industry and Technology) Nabi Avcı (National Education) Mehmet Müezzinoğlu (Health) Bekir Bozdağ → Kenan İpek (Justice) Akif Çağatay Kılıç (Youth and Sports) Taner Yıldız (Energy and Natural Resources) Veysel Eroğlu (Forestry and Water Affairs)

Italic: not in office

Erdoğan Cabinet III (2011–2014)

Prime Minister

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

Deputy Prime Ministers

current	Bülent Arınç Ali Babacan Beşir Atalay Emrullah İşler

former	Bekir Bozdağ (now Justice minister)

Ministers

current	Ahmet Davutoğlu (Foreign Affairs) Lütfi Elvan (Transport and Communication) Cevdet Yılmaz (Development) Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu (European Union) İdris Güllüce (Environment and Urban Planning) Ömer Çelik (Culture and Tourism) Faruk Çelik (Labour and Social Security) Ayşenur İslam (Family and Social Policy) Hayati Yazıcı (Customs and Commerce) Efkan Ala (Interior) İsmet Yılmaz (National Defence) Mehmet Şimşek (Finance) Mehmet Mehdi Eker (Food, Agriculture and Animal husbandry) Nihat Zeybekci (Economy) Fikri Işık (Science, Industry and Technology) Nabi Avcı (National Education) Mehmet Müezzinoğlu (Health) Bekir Bozdağ (Justice) Akif Çağatay Kılıç (Youth and Sports) Taner Yıldız (Energy and Natural Resources) Veysel Eroğlu (Forestry and Water Affairs)

former	Binali Yıldırım (Transport and Communication) Egemen Bağış (European Union) Erdoğan Bayraktar (Environment and Urban Planning) Ertuğrul Günay (Culture and Tourism) Fatma Şahin (Family and Social Policy) İdris Naim Şahin (Interior) Muammer Güler (Interior) Zafer Çağlayan (Economy) Nihat Ergün (Science, Industry and Technology) Ömer Dinçer (National Education) Recep Akdağ (Health) Sadullah Ergin (Justice) Suat Kılıç (Youth and Sports)

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 232050685 LCCN: no00046084

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 10/21/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.