Mehmet Mehdi Eker
Turkish politician
Mehdi Eker | |
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Minister of Food, Agriculture and Livestock | |
In office 2 June 2005 – 28 August 2015 | |
Prime Minister | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Ahmet Davutoğlu |
Preceded by | Sami Güçlü |
Succeeded by | Kutbettin Arzu |
Member of the Grand National Assembly | |
Incumbent | |
Assumed office 8 July 2018 | |
Constituency | Diyarbakır (2018) |
In office 19 November 2002 – 7 June 2015 | |
Constituency | Diyarbakır (2002, 2007, 2011) |
Personal details | |
Born | (1956-01-01) 1 January 1956 (age 68) Bismil, Diyarbakır, Turkey |
Political party | Justice and Development Party |
Spouse | Yasemin Eker |
Alma mater | Ankara University |
Mehmet Mehdi Eker is a Turkish politician who served as the Minister of Food, Agriculture and Livestock of Turkey from 2005 until 2015.[1][2] He was elected a Member of Parliament for the electoral district of Diyarbakır for Democratic People's Party in 2002.[3] He was re-elected in 2007[4] and 2011[5] for the Justice and Development Party (AKP). He was again elected as an MP in 2018.[6]
A veterinarian and agro-economist he had a career as a civil servant in the ministry of agriculture before entering politics at the age of 46.
As minister of Agriculture he has had to deal with issues including:
- The bird flu epidemic of 2005, in which he made a statement that it was safe to eat cooked chicken and then famously refused to do so on television.[7]
- Adjusting food control regulations to comply with EU norms, including recategorising pork and horse meat as suitable for human consumption.[8]
References
- ^ "Yield of Dreams". The Business Year. Retrieved 2019-11-05.
- ^ "Cengiz Gunes, Turkey's New Left, NLR 107, September–October 2017". New Left Review. Retrieved 2019-11-05.
- ^ "Diyarbakır SEÇİM SONUÇLARI". secim.haberler.com. Retrieved 2019-11-05.
- ^ Şafak, Yeni (2019-03-11). "Seçim Sonuçları 2007 - Milletvekili Genel Seçim Sonuçları". Yeni Şafak (in Turkish). Retrieved 2019-11-05.
- ^ Şafak, Yeni (2019-05-11). "Bismil Seçim Sonuçları 2011 - Genel Seçim 2011". Yeni Şafak (in Turkish). Retrieved 2019-11-05.
- ^ Şafak, Yeni (2019-05-11). "Diyarbakır Bismil Genel Seçim Sonuçları | Genel Seçim 2018 Diyarbakır Bismil". Yeni Şafak (in Turkish). Retrieved 2019-11-05.
- ^ Milliyet İnternet - Yaşam
- ^ Milliyet İnternet - Ekonomi
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- Mehmet Mehdi Eker (2005–2007)
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