Abdülkadir Aksu
Abdülkadir Aksu | |
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| Minister of the Interior | |
| In office 19 November 2002 – 7 May 2007 | |
| Prime Minister | Abdullah Gül Recep Tayyip Erdoğan |
| Preceded by | Muzaffer Ecemiş |
| Succeeded by | Osman Güneş |
| In office 31 March 1989 – 24 November 1991 | |
| Prime Minister | |
| Preceded by | Mustafa Kalemli |
| Succeeded by | Mustafa Kalemli |
| Minister of state (Responsible for Southeastern Anatolia Project) | |
| In office 6 March 1996 – 28 June 1996 | |
| Prime Minister | Mesut Yılmaz |
| Member of the Grand National Assembly | |
| In office 18 April 1999 – 7 June 2015 | |
| Constituency | Istanbul (III) (1999, 2002, 2007, 2011) |
| In office 8 January 1996 – 18 April 1999 | |
| Constituency | Diyarbakır (1995) |
| In office 29 November 1987 – 20 October 1991 | |
| Constituency | Diyarbakır (1987) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | October 12, 1944 Diyarbakır, Turkey |
| Political party | Justice and Development Party (2001 - present) Virtue Party (1998 - 2001) Welfare Party (1996 - 1998) Motherland Party (1987 - 1996) |
Abdülkadir Aksu (/ɑːbduːlˈkɑːdər ˈɑːksuː/ ⓘ 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.