Berat Albayrak

Berat Albayrak MP


Minister of Energy and Natural Resources
Incumbent
Assumed office 24 November 2015
Prime Minister	Ahmet Davutoğlu Binali Yıldırım
Preceded by	Ali Rıza Alaboyun
Member of the Grand National Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 7 June 2015
Constituency	Istanbul (I) (June 2015, Nov 2015)
Personal details
Born	(1978-01-01) 1 January 1978 Istanbul, Turkey
Political party	Justice and Development Party
Spouse(s)	Esra Erdoğan
Alma mater	Istanbul University Pace University

Berat Albayrak (born 1 January 1978) is a Turkish businessman and politician. He is the former CEO of Çalık Holding; an MP since June 2015, and Minister of Energy and Natural Resources since November 2015. He is the son-in-law of the President of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

Early life

Berat Albayrak was born on 1 January 1978, the son of Sadık Albayrak, a journalist and politician. He was educated at İstanbul University's School of Business Administration.

Career

Çalık Holding

He joined Çalık Holding in 1999, and was appointed financial director of their US office in 2002 while he studied for an MBA at the Lubin School of Business, Pace University in New York City. In 2004, Albayrak was appointed as the US country manager of Çalık.

Upon his return to Turkey in 2006, Albayrak first served as assistant general manager of financial affairs in Çalık, and was appointed as CEO of Çalık Holding in 2007.^[1]^[2]

Albayrak was CEO of Çalık until late 2013.^[3]

Domestic politics

Albayrak became a member of the Parliament with the ruling AKP Party after the elections of 7 June 2015. On 24 November, he was appointed Minister for Energy and Natural Resources in the 64th Government of Turkey under the premiership of Ahmet Davutoğlu.^[4]

Albayrak also headed some important energy projects for Çalık.

International politics

Albayrak's alleged role in the sale of oil by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL)^[5] has led to calls for his prosecution in the United States.^[6]

Personal life

Albayrak married Esra Albayrak (née Erdoğan) in July 2004.^[3] They have three children; Ahmet Akif (b. 2006), Emine Mahinur (b. 2009) and Sadık (b. 2015).^[7]

References

↑ Çalık Holding, DR. BERAT ALBAYRAK - CEO
↑ Milliyet, 30 March 2007, Berat Albayrak, Çalık Holding Genel Müdürü oldu
1 2 Gundogan, Dilay (24 November 2015). "Erdogan son-in-law wins key post in new Turkey cabinet". Yahoo. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
↑ Hürriyet Daily News, 24 November 2015, Turkish PM Davutoğlu forms 64th government of Turkey
↑ "Senior Western official: Links between Turkey and ISIS are now 'undeniable'". Businessinsider. 28 July 2015. Retrieved 2016-10-29.
↑ Michael Rubin (26 October 2016). "Will the US punish ISIS profiteers?". American Enterprise Institute. Retrieved 2016-10-29.
↑ "Enerji Bakanı Albayrak'ın mutlu günü". Sabah (newspaper). Retrieved 12 December 2015.

Yıldırım Cabinet (2016 – present)

Prime Minister	Binali Yıldırım

Deputy Prime Ministers	Nurettin Canikli Numan Kurtulmuş Mehmet Şimşek Veysi Kaynak Tuğrul Türkeş

Ministers	Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu (Foreign Affairs) Ahmet Arslan (Transport and Communication) Lütfi Elvan (Development) Ömer Çelik (EU Affairs) Mehmet Özhaseki (Environment and Urban Planning) Nabi Avcı (Culture and Tourism) Süleyman Soylu → Mehmet Müezzinoğlu (Labour and Social Security) Fatma Betül Sayan Kaya (Family and Social Policy) Bülent Tüfenkci (Customs and Trade) Efkan Ala → Süleyman Soylu (Interior) Fikri Işık (National Defence) Naci Ağbal (Finance) Faruk Çelik (Food, Agriculture and Livestock) Nihat Zeybekci (Economy) Faruk Özlü (Science, Industry and Technology) İsmet Yılmaz (National Education) Recep Akdağ (Health) Bekir Bozdağ (Justice) Akif Çağatay Kılıç (Youth and Sports) Berat Albayrak (Energy and Natural Resources) Veysel Eroğlu (Forestry and Water Affairs)

Italic: not in office

Third Davutoğlu Cabinet (2015–2016)

Prime Minister	Ahmet Davutoğlu

Deputy Prime Ministers	Yalçın Akdoğan Numan Kurtulmuş Mehmet Şimşek Lütfi Elvan Tuğrul Türkeş

Ministers	Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu (Foreign Affairs) Binali Yıldırım (Transport and Communication) Cevdet Yılmaz (Development) Volkan Bozkır (EU Affairs) Fatma Güldemet Sarı (Environment and Urban Planning) Mahir Ünal (Culture and Tourism) Süleyman Soylu (Labour and Social Security) Sema Ramazanoğlu (Family and Social Policy) Bülent Tüfenkci (Customs and Trade) Efkan Ala (Interior) İsmet Yılmaz (National Defence) Naci Ağbal (Finance) Faruk Çelik (Food, Agriculture and Livestock) Mustafa Elitaş (Economy) Fikri Işık (Science, Industry and Technology) Nabi Avcı (National Education) Mehmet Müezzinoğlu (Health) Bekir Bozdağ (Justice) Akif Çağatay Kılıç (Youth and Sports) Berat Albayrak (Energy and Natural Resources) Veysel Eroğlu (Forestry and Water Affairs)

Italic: not in office

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

AKP party leader	General election, 2002 Local elections, 2004 Constitutional referendum, 2007 Local elections, 2009 Constitutional referendum, 2010 General election, 2011

Prime Minister	Cabinet Erdoğan I Cabinet Erdoğan II Cabinet Erdoğan III Foreign policy Prime ministerial trips Civil–military relations Democratic initiative Solution process

President	Presidential election, 2014 presidential campaign 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt 2016 Turkish purges

Family	Emine Erdoğan (wife) Necmettin Bilal Erdoğan (son) Ahmet Burak Erdoğan (son) Sümeyye Erdoğan (daughter) Esra Albayrak (daughter) Berat Albayrak (son-in-law)

See also	Erdoğanism Conservative democracy Early life and career Electoral history Mayor of Istanbul, 1994 Neo-Ottomanism Turkish model 2013 corruption scandal in Turkey 2023 vision

Places	Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Stadium Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University

Category:Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

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