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Vahdettin Özkan (born 1968) is a
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bureaucrat who has served as the 46th
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since August 2013, having been appointed by President
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on the recommendation of the
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. He previously served as the Governor for various districts. He is a former ''
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'' (Sub-Governor of a
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).


Early life

Born in 1968 in
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, he graduated from
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Faculty of Political Science in 1989. He subsequently became a
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candidate in
Bingöl Bingöl (; ; ), known as Çapakçur before 1944, is a city in Turkey. It is the seat of Bingöl Province and Bingöl District,


Bureaucratic career

Özkan became the
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of Ilıca, in
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in 1993 and served until 1995. He later served as the Kaymakam for Bahçesaray in
Van Province Van Province (, , Armenian: Վանի մարզ) is a province and metropolitan municipality in the Eastern Anatolian region of Turkey, between Lake Van and the Iranian border. Its area is 20,921 km2, and its population is 1,128,749 (2022). ...
from 1995 to 1997, after which he was appointed Deputy Governor of Van and served until 2000. Between 2003 and 2004, he served Deputy Governor of Diyarbakır. After briefly working at the
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between 2004 and 2006, he was appointed the
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Governor of Şırnak The Governor of Şırnak (Turkish language, Turkish: ''Şırnak Valiliği'') is the Civil service, bureaucratic state official responsible for both national government and state affairs in the Şırnak Province, Province of Şırnak. Similar to t ...
in 2010 and served until 2013. He was then re-appointed as the 46th
Governor of Isparta The Governor of Isparta ( Turkish: ''Isparta Valiliği'') is the bureaucratic state official responsible for both national government and state affairs in the Province of Isparta. Similar to the Governors of the 80 other Provinces of Turkey, the ...
which he served until 1 July 2016, becoming the 55th Governor of Kahramanmaraş the same day. On 10 July, 2020 he was appointed as the 41st Governor of Konya.


See also

*
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*
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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ozkan, Vahdettin Living people People from Muş Turkish politicians 1968 births Turkish civil servants