Beşir Atalay

Beşir Atalay
Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey
In office
14 July 2011 – 29 August 2014
Prime MinisterRecep Tayyip Erdoğan
Serving withBülent Arınç
Ali Babacan
Bekir Bozdağ
Emrullah İşler
Preceded byCemil Çiçek
Succeeded byNuman Kurtulmuş
Minister of the Interior
In office
28 August 2007 – 14 July 2011
Prime MinisterRecep Tayyip Erdoğan
Preceded byAbdülkadir Aksu
Succeeded byİdris Naim Şahin
Minister of state
In office
19 November 2002 – 28 August 2007
Prime MinisterRecep Tayyip Erdoğan
Member of the Grand National Assembly
In office
1 November 2015 – 24 June 2018
ConstituencyVan (Nov 2015)
In office
14 November 2002 – 7 June 2015
ConstituencyAnkara (II) (2002, 2007)
Kırıkkale (2011)
Personal details
Born (1947-01-15) 15 January 1947
PartyJustice and Development Party (2001 - 2019)
Alma materAnkara University
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Beşir Atalay (pronounced [beʃiɾ ˈataɫaj]; born 1947) is a Turkish politician who was Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey in the government of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan from 2011 to 2014. Previously he was minister of interior from 28 August 2007 to 14 July 2011.