Mehmet Cahit Turhan (born 29 April 1960) is a Turkish civil engineer, civil servant and former Minister of Transport and Infrastructure. Mehmet Cahit Turhan was born in

Trabzon Trabzon, historically known as Trebizond, is a city on the Black Sea coast of northeastern Turkey and the capital of Trabzon Province. The city was founded in 756 BC as "Trapezous" by colonists from Miletus. It was added into the Achaemenid E ...

, northern Turkey on 29 April 1960. In 1981, he graduated from

Karadeniz Technical University Karadeniz Technical University ( or KTÜ) is a public research university located in Trabzon, in the Black Sea Region of Turkey. Established in 1955, it is the fourth oldest university in the country. As a public institution, it operates under ...

's Faculty of Civil Engineering and Architecture with a title B.Eng. in Civil Engineering. Later, he earned his M.Eng. title at the same university. Turhan started his working life in 1985 as an engineer at the Department of

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Motorway of the Turkish Highways Administration (KGM)'s 17th Division. He worked at various positions at the KGM as a civil servant. Between January 2006 and August 2015, he served as director general of the KGM. In 2015, Turhan was appointed a chief advisor of the

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. After a brief term at this position, he was appointed a member of the

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on 2 October 2015. His term ended at this institution on 23 July 2016. On 10 July 2018, Turhan entered the

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as the Minister of Transport and Infrastructure. He was sacked by President

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on 28 March 2020.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Turan, Mehmet Cahit Living people 1960 births Politicians from Trabzon Karadeniz Technical University alumni Turkish civil engineers Turkish civil servants Government ministers of Turkey Members of the 66th government of Turkey Ministers of transport and infrastructure of Turkey