Mehmet Ali Şahin

24th Speaker of the Parliament of Turkey

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Mehmet Ali Şahin
Şahin in 2011

24th Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey
In office 9 August 2009 – 28 June 2011
President	Abdullah Gül
Deputy	Nevzat Pakdil Sadık Yakut Güldal Mumcu Meral Akşener
Preceded by	Köksal Toptan
Succeeded by	Cemil Çiçek
Minister of Justice
In office 29 August 2007 – 1 May 2009
Prime Minister	Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Preceded by	Fahri Kasırga
Succeeded by	Sadullah Ergin
Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey
In office 18 November 2002 – 28 March 2003
Prime Minister	Abdullah Gül
Served with	Ertuğrul Yalçınbayır Abdüllatif Şener
Preceded by	Cumhur Ersümer
Succeeded by	Abdullah Gül
Member of the Grand National Assembly
In office 1 November 2015 – 24 June 2018
Constituency	Karabük (Nov 2015)
In office 8 January 1996 – 7 June 2015
Constituency	İstanbul (1995, 1999, 2002) Antalya (2007) Karabük (2011)

Personal details
Born	(1950-09-16) 16 September 1950 (age 73) Ovacık, Turkey
Political party	Welfare Party (1987-1998) Virtue Party (1998-2001) Justice and Development Party (2001-present)
Alma mater	Istanbul University

Mehmet Ali Şahin (born 16 September 1950) is a Turkish politician. He was the Speaker of the Parliament of Turkey from 2009 to 2011.^[1]

He was a member of the parliament for three terms from Istanbul Province and from Antalya Province of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party). He served as Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Justice, and as Minister of State responsible for sports.^[1]

Şahin is a lawyer and a graduate of Istanbul University faculty of law. Before entering parliament, he was involved in regional politics, serving as the mayor of Fatih district in Istanbul, with the Welfare Party, and later with Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's Justice and Development Party.^[1]^[2]

On 5 August 2009, he was elected in a third round of voting as the 24th (27th, from the establishment) Speaker of the Turkish Grand National Assembly, succeeding his party colleague Köksal Toptan.^[1] He was supportive of a solution to the Kurdish Turkish conflict, and dismissed the concerns of Turkish nationalists which argue that if Kurds receive more rights it would divide the country.^[3] In 2016, he also suggested the release of the imprisoned members of Parliament from the Peoples' Democracy Party (HDP) comparing their situation to the one of Mehmet Haberal, a lawmaker of the Republican People's Party (CHP) who was elected while imprisoned.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Mehmet Ali Şahin artık protokolde iki numara". Radikal (in Turkish). 5 August 2009. Retrieved 5 August 2009.
^ Newspaper Radikal Archived 30 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine (in Turkish)
^ "Turkey marks 25 years of Kurd rebellion". NBC News. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
^ "Arrested HDP lawmakers could be released: AKP MP – Türkiye News". Hürriyet Daily News. Retrieved 15 October 2022.

External links

Media related to Mehmet Ali Şahin at Wikimedia Commons

Mehmet Ali Şahin (TBMM.org.tr) (in Turkish)

Political offices
Preceded by Cumhur Ersümer	First Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey 2002–2003	Succeeded by Abdullah Gül
Preceded by Fahri Kasırga	Minister of Justice 2007–2009	Succeeded by Sadullah Ergin
Preceded by Köksal Toptan	Speaker of the Parliament 2009–2011	Succeeded by Cemil Çiçek

Speakers of the Parliament of the Republic of Turkey

Grand National Assembly
Büyük Millet Meclisi
(1920–1960)

House of Representatives
Temsilciler Meclisi
(1961)

Kâzım Orbay

Grand National Assembly
in period of Bicameralism
Büyük Millet Meclisi
Çift Meclisli Dönemde
(1961–1980)

Senate of the Republic Cumhuriyet Senatosu	Suat Hayri Ürgüplü Enver Aka Şevki Atasagun Tekin Arıburun Sırrı Atalay İhsan Sabri Çağlayangil
National Assembly Millet Meclisi	Fuat Sirmen Ferruh Bozbeyli Sabit Osman Avcı Kemal Güven Cahit Karakaş

Consultative Assembly
Danışma Meclisi
(1981–1983)

Sadi Irmak

Grand National Assembly
Büyük Millet Meclisi
(since 1983)

v t e Gül Cabinet (2002–2003)
Cabinet
Prime Minister	Abdullah Gül (2002–2003)
Deputy Prime Ministers	Mehmet Ali Şahin (2002–2003) Abdüllatif Şener (2002–2003) Ertuğrul Yalçınbayır (2002–2003)
Minister of State	Mehmet Aydın (2002–2003) Beşir Atalay (2002–2003) Ali Babacan (2002–2003) Kürşad Tüzmen (2002–2003)
Minister of Justice	Cemil Çiçek (2002–2003)
Minister of National Defense	Mehmet Vecdi Gönül (2002–2003)
Minister of Interior	Abdülkadir Aksu (2002–2003)
Minister of Foreign Affairs	Yaşar Yakış (2002–2003)
Minister of Finance	Kemal Unakıtan (2002–2003)
Minister of National Education	Erkan Mumcu (2002–2003)
Minister of Public Works and Settlement	Zeki Ergezen (2002–2003)
Minister of Health	Recep Akdağ (2002–2003)
Minister of Transport and Communication	Binali Yıldırım (2002–2003)
Minister of Agriculture	Sami Güçlü (2002–2003)
Minister of Labour and Social Security	Murat Başesgioğlu (2002–2003)
Minister of Industry and Commerce	Ali Coşkun (2002–2003)
Minister of Energy and Natural Resources	Mehmet Hilmi Güler (2002–2003)
Minister of Culture	Hüseyin Çelik (2002–2003)
Minister of Tourism	Güldal Akşit (2002–2003)
Minister of Environment	İmdat Sütlüoğlu (2002–2003)
Minister of Forestry	Osman Pepe (2002–2003)

v t e First Erdoğan Cabinet (2003–2007)
Cabinet
Prime Minister	Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (2003–2014)
Deputy Prime Ministers	Abdullah Gül (2003–2007) Mehmet Ali Şahin (2003–2007) Abdüllatif Şener (2003–2007)
Minister of State	Ali Babacan (2003–2007) Güldal Akşit (2003-2005) Nimet Çubukçu (2005–2007) Mehmet Aydın (2003–2007) Kürşad Tüzmen (2003–2007) Beşir Atalay (2003–2007)
Minister of Justice	Cemil Çiçek (2003–2007) Fahri Kasırga (2007)
Minister of National Defense	Mehmet Vecdi Gönül (2003–2007)
Minister of the Interior	Abdülkadir Aksu (2003–2007) Osman Güneş (2007)
Minister of Foreign Affairs	Abdullah Gül (2003–2007)
Minister of Finance	Kemal Unakıtan (2003–2007)
Minister of National Education	Hüseyin Çelik (2003–2007)
Minister of Public Works and Settlement	Zeki Ergezen (2003-2007) Faruk Nafız Özak (2005–2007)
Minister of Health	Recep Akdağ (2003–2007)
Minister of Transport and Communication	Binali Yıldırım (2003–2007) İsmet Yılmaz (2007)
Minister of Agriculture	Sami Güçlü (2003–2005) Mehmet Mehdi Eker (2005–2007)
Minister of Labour and Social Security	Murat Başesgioğlu (2003–2007)
Minister of Industry and Commerce	Ali Coşkun (2003–2007)
Minister of Energy and Natural Resources	Mehmet Hilmi Güler (2003–2007)
Minister of Culture and Tourism	Erkan Mumcu (2003–2005) Atilla Koç (2005–2007)
Minister of Environment and Forestry	Osman Pepe (2003–2007)