Abdülkadir Aksu

Abdülkadir Aksu
Minister of the Interior
In office
19 November 2002  7 May 2007
Prime MinisterAbdullah Gül
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Preceded byMuzaffer Ecemiş
Succeeded byOsman Güneş
In office
31 March 1989  24 November 1991
Prime Minister
Preceded byMustafa Kalemli
Succeeded byMustafa Kalemli
Minister of state
(Responsible for Southeastern Anatolia Project)
In office
6 March 1996  28 June 1996
Prime MinisterMesut Yılmaz
Member of the Grand National Assembly
In office
18 April 1999  7 June 2015
ConstituencyIstanbul (III) (1999, 2002, 2007, 2011)
In office
8 January 1996  18 April 1999
ConstituencyDiyarbakır (1995)
In office
29 November 1987  20 October 1991
ConstituencyDiyarbakır (1987)
Personal details
Born (1944-10-12) October 12, 1944
Diyarbakır, Turkey
Political partyJustice and Development Party (2001 - present)
Virtue Party (1998 - 2001)
Welfare Party (1996 - 1998)
Motherland Party (1987 - 1996)

Abdülkadir Aksu (/ɑːbdlˈkɑːdər ˈɑːks/ ahb-dool-KAH-dər AHK-soo; Turkish: [abdylkaːˈdiɾ ˈaksu]; born 1944, Diyarbakır) is a Turkish politician from Diyarbakır. According to some sources, he is Kurdish; according to Üzeyir Tekin, he is of partial Albanian and Kurdish origin; and according to Hasan Celal Güzel, a friend of Aksu family, he is of Turkish (Turkmen) origin.

He is a member of the Community of İskenderpaşa, a Turkish sufistic community of Naqshbandi tariqah.