Faruk Çelik
| Faruk Çelik MP | |
|---|---|
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| Minister of Food, Agriculture and Livestock | |
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Assumed office 24 November 2015 | |
| Prime Minister |
Ahmet Davutoğlu Binali Yıldırım |
| Preceded by | Kutbettin Arzu |
| Minister of Labour and Social Security | |
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In office 6 July 2011 – 28 August 2015 | |
| Prime Minister |
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Ahmet Davutoğlu |
| Preceded by | Ömer Dinçer |
| Succeeded by | Ahmet Erdem |
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In office 29 August 2007 – 1 May 2009 | |
| Prime Minister | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan |
| Preceded by | Murat Başesgioğlu |
| Succeeded by | Ömer Dinçer |
| Minister of State Responsible for Religious Affairs | |
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In office 1 May 2009 – 6 July 2011 | |
| Prime Minister | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan |
| Preceded by | Mustafa Sait Yazıcıoğlu |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished |
| Member of the Grand National Assembly | |
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Assumed office 1 November 2015 | |
| Constituency | Şanlıurfa (Nov 2015) |
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In office 18 April 1999 – 7 June 2015 | |
| Constituency |
Bursa (1999, 2002, 2007) Şanlıurfa (2011) |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
January 17, 1956 Yusufeli, Artvin Province, Turkey |
| Nationality | Turkish |
| Political party |
Virtue Party (199-2001) Justice and Development Party (2001-present) |
| Alma mater | Uludağ University |
| Cabinet | 60th, 61st, 62nd, 64th, 65th |
| Religion | Islam |
Faruk Çelik (born 1956 in Yusufeli, Turkey) is the Minister of Work and Social Security of Turkey and a Member of Parliament for Bursa of the ruling Justice and Development Party.
Previously he had been a teacher and a businessman. One of the leading members of the Justice and Development Party, he was made parliamentary group leader upon his election as an MP in 2002. He was made Minister of Work in 2007.
His daughter Zeynep Çelik has been transferred from Acıbadem School of Medicine which is a recently founded private medical school to Turkey's top ranked state owned medical school Hacettepe University Medical School. Transfers between medical schools are allowed but in order to be eligible for such transfer, transfer applicant's score in national university exam should exceed the base score (lowest score to get into that university) of that medical school. Zeynep Çelik's score was well below the Hacettepe University School of Medicine's base score, so for only that year this base score match rule has been changed to make Zeynep Çelik eligible for such a transfer. This transfer has been made possible by changing this rule. This rule has been changed only for that year by AKP ruled higher education council.[1][2]