Mehmet Aydın is a Turkish politician who was one of

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's Ministers of State.United Nations - Alliance of Civilizations - Prof. Mehmet Aydin (Turkey)
As a representative of the Justice and Development Party from

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, he was elected to

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in the 2002 general elections.

Education and academic career

Mehmet Aydın was born in 1943 in

Elazığ Elazığ () is a city in the Eastern Anatolia region of Turkey, and the administrative centre of Elazığ Province and Elazığ District. Founded in and around the former city of Harput, it is located in the uppermost Euphrates valley. The plai ...

. He graduated from the Faculty of Theology at

Ankara University Ankara University () is a public university, public research university in Ankara, the capital of Turkey. It was the first higher education institution founded in Turkey after the History of the Republic of Turkey, formation of the Turkish republ ...

in 1966 and received his Ph.D. in

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from the

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in 1971. He has taught both religion and philosophy at various universities, and served as Dean of the Faculty of Theology at

Dokuz Eylül University Dokuz Eylül University () (DEÜ) is a Public university, public research university in İzmir, Turkey. Founded in 1982, it is organized into 18 faculties. It holds the distinction of being the first university in Turkey to implement the probl ...

, from 1993 to 1999.

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1943 births Living people People from Elazığ Turkish non-fiction writers Turkish scientists 20th-century Turkish philosophers Ankara University alumni Academic staff of Ankara University Academic staff of Middle East Technical University Government ministers of Turkey Alumni of the University of Edinburgh Academic staff of Dokuz Eylül University Justice and Development Party (Turkey) politicians Members of the 23rd Parliament of Turkey Members of the 20th Parliament of Turkey Ministers of state of Turkey Members of the 60th government of Turkey {{turkey-academic-bio-stub