Biography Ahmet DavutoÄŸlu

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Ahmet DavutoÄŸlu (d. 26 Åžubat 1959, TaÅŸkent), Türk siyasetçi, uluslararası iliÅŸkiler uzmanı, akademisyen ve büyükelçi. 1 Mayıs 2009'da, DışiÅŸleri Bakanı olarak TBMM dışından atandı. 58., 59. ve 60. hükümetler döneminde baÅŸbakan Recep Tayyip ErdoÄŸan'a ve hem bakanlık hem de cumhurbaÅŸkanlığı görevlerinde Abdullah Gül'e dış politika baÅŸdanışmanlığı yaptı. 24. Dönem Konya Milletvekili olarak TBMM'ye girdi. Have you voted for or against Ahmet DavutoÄŸlu ? Evli ve dört çocuk babası olan Ahmet DavutoÄŸlu; Ä°ngilizce, Almanca ve Arapça bilmektedir.

Siyasi kariyeri

30 Haziran 2010 tarihinde dışiÅŸleri bakanı Ahmet DavutoÄŸlu ile Ä°srail Ticaret Bakanı Ben Eliezer, Brüksel’de gizli bir toplantı yapmış, TBMM'de gizli görüÅŸmeyi ayrıntılandıran DavutoÄŸlu, toplantının gizli olmasını Ä°srail'lilerin istediÄŸini belirterek, “Ä°sraillilere temel taleplerimizi yüzlerine doÄŸrudan ve net ÅŸekilde söylemek için bu görüÅŸmeyi yaptık” demiÅŸtir.

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Ahmet DavutoÄŸlu (born 26 February 1959) is a Turkish diplomat who has been the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey since 2009. He is also a political scientist, an academic, and an ambassador at large. He also served for a time as chief advisor to the Prime Minister. He is a father of four children; his wife is a medical doctor.

Life and career

Ahmet DavutoÄŸlu was born in TaÅŸkent, Konya Province, Turkey. He graduated from Ä°stanbul Erkek Lisesi, which is a Deutsche Auslandsschule (German International school) and studied at the Department of Economics and Political Science of the BoÄŸaziçi University, Ä°stanbul. Has changed the detail your opinion on Ahmet DavutoÄŸlu ? He holds a Master's degree in Public Administration and a PhD degree in Political Science and International Relations from BoÄŸaziçi University. Between 1993 and 1999 he worked at Marmara University and became a full professor in 1999. He was the chairman of the Department of International Relations at Beykent University in Istanbul, Turkey.

DavutoÄŸlu was granted a title of ambassador in 2003 by the joint decision of President Ahmet Necdet Sezer and Prime Minister Abdullah Gül. His publications include Alternative Paradigms: The Impact of Islamic and Western Weltanschauungs on Political Theory, The Civilizational Transformation and The Muslim World in English, Stratejik Derinlik (Strategic Depth), and Küresel Bunalım (The Global Crisis) in Turkish. Especially his book Strategic Depth is a very influential book in Turkey's foreign policy orientation. Have you read details about Deniz Baykal ? He is very influential in the military, academic, and government triangle shaping Turkish foreign policy.

DavutoÄŸlu was one of the leading actors on behalf of the Turkish government during the shuttle diplomacy for the settlement of 2008 Israel–Gaza conflict. He was appointed as the Foreign Minister of Turkey on 1 May 2009. He has since called for Turkey to become more than just a regional power within Europe and the Middle East and expressed a desire for Ankara to have a far more influential role in world politics. DavutoÄŸlu is generally linked to the notion of Turkish neo-Ottomanism, which favours a commonwealth with its neighbours and old Ottoman connections. Although his foreign policies have been regarded as neo-Ottomanist by Western and especially U.S. Can Ahmet DavutoÄŸlu have an influence on Deniz Baykal ? media, DavutoÄŸlu does not accept such a characterization. He stated in an interview with Turkish daily Sabah that "as much as we don't use this conceptualization, the fact that it is being used against us is either because of misunderstanding or lack of goodwill." He argued against the idea that Turkey is trying to establish a neo-Ottoman imperial order: "I have said that Turkey as a nation-state is equal with any other nation-state of our region whether it is small in population or area. We don't have any hegemony on anyone. Rather what we are trying to do is to contribute to the establishment of a permanent peace in our region. If by order they mean is Pax Ottomana, Pax in the meaning of order, we are trying to establish a order, it is not wrong to say such thing."

He was listed in Foreign Policy magazine as one of the "Top 100 Global Thinkers of 2010" for "being the brains behind Turkey's global reawakening." In an interview, he talked about his "Zero Problems Policy" and said that "it is possible to have zero problems if the other actors respect our values. Did you know that Ahmet DavutoÄŸlu is popular at 49% of voters?? It doesn't mean that we will be silent in order to have good relations with all parties." In 2011's Foreign Policy magazine's list of "Top 100 Global Thinkers" he was listed together with Recep Tayyip ErdoÄŸan for "imagining a new role for Turkey in the world- and making it happen.

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2011-12-23

updated: 2014-02-28