Yılmaz Tunç
Minister of Justice
Assumed office
4 June 2023
PresidentRecep Tayyip Erdoğan
Preceded byBekir Bozdağ
Member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey
In office
2011–2018
Personal details
Born1971
Ulukaya, Ulus, Turkey
EducationLaw
Alma materUniversity of Istanbul

Yılmaz Tunç (born 1971, Ulukaya, Turkey) is a Turkish politician of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) and the Minister of Justice in the Cabinet of Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Before he was several terms a member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey.

Early life and education

Yılmaz Tunç was born in Ulukaya of the Ulus district in the province of Bartın.[1] He attended primary school in the village and graduated from high school in Kastamonu.[1] Following he studied law at the University of Istanbul from which he graduated in 1995.[1] He then made his military service in western Turkey.[1]

Political career

Tunç became the vice-president Pendik branch of the Virtue Party in 1998 and a member of the municipal councilor of Pendik in 1999.[1] In 2001 he became the founding chairman of the Pendik branch of the Justice and Development Party (AKP).[1] In the general elections of 2011,[2] June 2015,[3] the snap elections of November 2015[4] and 2018[5] he was elected to the Grand National Assembly of Turkey representing Bartin for the AKP.

Minister of Justice

In June 2023, he was announced as Minister of Justice in the cabinet of Recep Tayyip Erdogan.[6] As such he announced plans to introduce a cap on rent hikes of 25%.[7]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Yılmaz Tunç Kimdir? - Yılmaz Tunç Hayatı ve Biyografisi". Haberler (in Turkish). Retrieved 2023-06-21.
  2. ↑ "Bartın Seçim Sonuçları Genel Seçim Sonuçları - 2011". Yeni Şafak (in Turkish). 2023-06-22. Retrieved 2023-06-21.
  3. ↑ "Bartın Seçim Sonuçları Genel Seçim Sonuçları - 2015". Yeni Şafak (in Turkish). 2023-06-22. Retrieved 2023-06-21.
  4. ↑ "Bartın Seçim Sonuçları Genel Seçim Sonuçları - 2015". Yeni Şafak (in Turkish). 2023-06-22. Retrieved 2023-06-21.
  5. ↑ Şafak, Yeni (2023-06-22). "Bartın Seçim Sonuçları - 2018 Genel Seçim Bartın Oy Oranları | CANLI". Yeni Şafak (in Turkish). Retrieved 2023-06-21.
  6. ↑ "Türkiye's new justice minister vows more 'historic' reforms". Daily Sabah. 2023-06-04. Retrieved 2023-06-21.
  7. ↑ "Cap on rent hike to be extended, says justice minister - Latest News". Hürriyet Daily News. 2023-06-20. Retrieved 2023-06-21.
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