İdris Güllüce

İdris Güllüce (born 11 February 1950) is a Turkish civil engineer and politician who served as the Minister of Environment and Urban Planning of Turkey between 2013 and 2015. As a member of the Justice and Development Party (AKP), he served as a Member of Parliament for İstanbul's first electoral district between 2007 and November 2015.

İdris Güllüce
Minister of Environment and Urban Planning
In office 25 December 2013 – 17 November 2015
Prime Minister	Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Ahmet Davutoğlu
Preceded by	Erdoğan Bayraktar
Succeeded by	Fatma Güldemet Sarı
Member of the Grand National Assembly
In office 22 July 2007 – 1 November 2015
Constituency	İstanbul (I) (2007, 2011, June 2015)
Personal details
Born	February 11, 1950 Hasankale, Erzurum Province, Turkey
Nationality	Turkish
Political party	Justice and Development Party (AKP)
Children	5
Alma mater	Yıldız Technical University Gebze Institute of Technology
Profession	Politician, civil engineer
Cabinet	61st, 62nd, 63rd

Early life

İdris Güllüce was born to Hüseyin Güllüce and his wife Sıddıka in Hasankale (today Pasinler) of Erzurum Province on 11 February 1950.[1][2]

He was educated in civil engineering at Yıldız Technical University in Istanbul and went on to study Organization Management at Gebze Institute of Technology earning a Master's degree.[1][2]

Güllüce is married and has five children.[1][2]

Career

Profession

After working as an engineer and manager at construction sites in Libya, Güllüce became business partner of a company, and served there as managing director.[1][2]

Politics

He entered politics at regional level. Güllüce was elected Mayor of Tuzla municipality in Istanbul serving three legislative terms. Güllüce was member of the city council in Üsküdar and deputy chairman of the Istanbul Metropolitan city council. He published a book entitled "Problems of Regional Governments and Their Solutions".[1][2]

Güllüce was elected into the Grand National Assembly of Turkey in the 2007 general election as an MP from Istanbul Province. He was re-elected a second time into the parliament in the 2011 general election. Between 2009 and 2013, he served as the chairman of the parliamentary Public Works, Transportation and Tourism Commission.[1][2][3]

On 26 December 2013, İdris Güllüce assumed office as Minister of Environment and Urban Planning, succeeding Erdoğan Bayraktar during Erdoğan's cabinet reshuffle with ten new names announced the day before, on 25 December, following the 2013 corruption scandal in Turkey.[4][5][6][7]

Legacy

A cultural complex opened in 2005 and featuring a theatre capable of 460 spectators, the Tuzla İdris Güllüce Cultural Center, is named in his honor.[8]

References

1. "İşte yeni bakanların özgeçmişi". Radikal (in Turkish). 2013-12-26. Retrieved 2013-12-26.
2. "İdris Güllüce" (in Turkish). TBMM. Retrieved 2013-12-27.
3. "İdris Güllüce kimdir? Çevre ve Şehircilik Bakanı İdris Güllüce". Ihlas News Agency (in Turkish). Retrieved 2013-12-27.
4. "Üç bakan istifa etti". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 25 December 2013. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
5. Yılmazi Turan & Esra Kaya (2013-12-26). "Kabinede 10 değişiklik". Hürriyet (in Turkish). Retrieved 2013-12-28.
6. "PM Erdoğan announces new Cabinet with 10 changes amid graft probe". Hürriyet Daily News. 2013-12-25. Retrieved 2014-01-30.
7. "PM Erdoğan announces 10 new names in major Cabinet reshuffle". Today's Zaman. 2013-12-25. Retrieved 2014-01-30.
8. "Tuzla İdris Güllüce Kültür Merkezi" (in Turkish). İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi. Retrieved 2013-12-27.