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|name = Berat Albayrak |
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|honorific-suffix = [[Member of Parliament#Turkey|MP]] |
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|image = Berat Albayrak (cropped).jpg |
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|office = [[Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources (Turkey)|Minister of Energy and Natural Resources]] |
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|primeminister = [[Ahmet Davutoğlu]]<br>[[Binali Yıldırım]] |
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|term_start = 24 November 2015 |
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|term_end = |
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|predecessor = [[Ali Rıza Alaboyun]] |
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|successor = |
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|office1 = {{GNAT MP}} |
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|term_start1 = 7 June 2015 |
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|term_end1 = |
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|constituency1 = [[İstanbul (electoral districts)|Istanbul]] [[İstanbul (1st electoral district)|(I)]] ([[Turkish general election, June 2015|June 2015]], [[Turkish general election, November 2015|Nov 2015]]) |
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|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1978|1|1|df=y}} |
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|birth_place = [[Istanbul]], Turkey |
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|death_date = |
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|party = [[Justice and Development Party (Turkey)|Justice and Development Party]] |
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|spouse = Esra Erdoğan |
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|children = 3 |
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|alma_mater = [[Istanbul University]]<br>[[Lubin School of Business|Pace University]] |
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'''Berat Albayrak''' (born 1 January 1978) is a Turkish businessman and politician. He is the former CEO of [[Çalık Holding]]; an MP since June 2015, and Minister of Energy and Natural Resources since November 2015. He is the son-in-law of the President of Turkey, [[Recep Tayyip Erdoğan]]. |
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==Early life== |
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Berat Albayrak was born on 1 January 1978, the son of [[Sadık Albayrak]], a journalist and politician. He was educated at [[İstanbul University]]'s School of Business Administration. |
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==Career== |
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===Çalık Holding=== |
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He joined [[Çalık Holding]] in 1999, and was appointed financial director of their US office in 2002 while he studied for an MBA at the [[Lubin School of Business]], [[Pace University]] in [[New York City]]. In 2004, Albayrak was appointed as the US country manager of Çalık. |
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Upon his return to Turkey in 2006, Albayrak first served as assistant general manager of financial affairs in Çalık, and was appointed as CEO of Çalık Holding in 2007.<ref name=Calik>[[Çalık Holding]], [http://www.calik.com/en/boardmembers DR. BERAT ALBAYRAK - CEO]</ref><ref>''[[Milliyet]]'', 30 March 2007, [http://www.milliyet.com.tr/2007/03/30/ekonomi/eko17.html Berat Albayrak, Çalık Holding Genel Müdürü oldu]</ref> |
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Albayrak was CEO of Çalık until late 2013.<ref name=Yahoo /> |
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===Domestic politics=== |
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Albayrak became a member of the Parliament with the ruling [[Justice and Development Party (Turkey)|AKP]] Party after the elections of 7 June 2015. On 24 November, he was appointed Minister for Energy and Natural Resources in the 64th Government of Turkey under the premiership of [[Ahmet Davutoğlu]].<ref>''[[Hürriyet Daily News]]'', 24 November 2015, [http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/turkish-pm-davutoglu-forms-64th-government-of-turkey.aspx?pageID=238&nID=91592&NewsCatID=338 Turkish PM Davutoğlu forms 64th government of Turkey]</ref> |
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Albayrak also headed some important energy projects for Çalık. |
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===International politics=== |
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Albayrak's alleged role in the sale of oil by the [[Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant]] (ISIL)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/links-between-turkey-and-isis-are-now-undeniable-2015-7|title=Senior Western official: Links between Turkey and ISIS are now 'undeniable'|publisher=Businessinsider|date=28 July 2015|accessdate=2016-10-29}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thepressproject.gr/article/103870/exclusive-wikileaks-documents-relations-erdogan-ISIS-oil-smuggling|title=WikiLeaks documents highlight sinister relations between Erdogan and ISIS|publisher= |
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ThePressProject|date=5 December 2016|accessdate=2016-12-05}}</ref> has led to calls for his prosecution in the United States.<ref>{{cite web|title=Will the US punish ISIS profiteers?|url=https://www.aei.org/publication/will-the-us-punish-isis-profiteers/|author=Michael Rubin|publisher=[[American Enterprise Institute]]|date=26 October 2016|accessdate=2016-10-29}}</ref> In December 2016, [[Wikileaks]] released 57,934 Albayrak personal emails, from 2000 to 2016, allegedly obtained by [[Redhack]] that link Albayrak with ISIL by "proving his connection to ISIS operation smuggling oil into Turkey".<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4006568/WikiLeaks-reveals-57-000-emails-son-law-President-Erdogan-proving-connection-ISIS-operation-smuggling-oil-Turkey.html| author=Hannah Al-Othman |title=WikiLeaks reveals 57,000 emails from the son-in-law of President Erdogan, 'proving his connection to ISIS operation smuggling oil into Turkey' |publisher=Daily Mail |date=December 9, 2016 |accessdate=December 9, 2016}}</ref> |
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''[[The Independent]]'' reported that the emails show that "Albayrak had intimate knowledge of staffing and salary issues at [[Powertrans]], a company which was controversially given a monopoly on the road and rail transportation of oil into the country from [[Iraqi Kurdistan]]", adding that "Turkish media reported in 2014 and 2015 that Powertrans has been accused of mixing in oil produced by Isis in neighbouring Syria and adding it to local shipments which eventually reached Turkey". Albayrak had previously denied that he had any connection to Powertrans.<ref name="Independent">{{cite news|last1=McKernan|first1=Bethan|title=Email cache proves Turkish oil minister’s links to Isis oil trade|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/wikileaks-turkey-isis-oil-minister-email-cache-leaks-claims-a7460736.html|accessdate=7 March 2017|work=The Independent|date=7 December 2016}}</ref> |
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==Personal life== |
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Albayrak married Esra Albayrak (née Erdoğan) in July 2004.<ref name=Yahoo>{{cite news|last1=Gundogan|first1=Dilay|title=Erdogan son-in-law wins key post in new Turkey cabinet|url=https://news.yahoo.com/turkey-reveals-cabinet-erdogan-son-law-key-post-152529657.html|accessdate=2 December 2015|work=[[Yahoo]]|date=24 November 2015}}</ref> They have three children; Ahmet Akif (b. 2006), Emine Mahinur (b. 2009) and Sadık (b. 2015).<ref>{{cite web|title=Enerji Bakanı Albayrak'ın mutlu günü|url=http://www.sabah.com.tr/gundem/2015/12/12/enerji-bakani-albayrakin-mutlu-gunu|publisher=[[Sabah (newspaper)]]|accessdate=12 December 2015}}</ref> |
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==References== |
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{{reflist}} |
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==External links== |
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{{Portal|Turkey|Energy}} |
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* [https://wikileaks.org/berats-box/ "Berat's Box" a searchable archive of 57,934 Albayrak personal emails from April 2000 to September 2016, released by WikiLeaks] |
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{{65th government of Turkey}} |
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{{64th government of Turkey}} |
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{{Recep Tayyip Erdoğan}} |
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[[Category:1978 births]] |
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[[Category:Businesspeople from Istanbul]] |
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[[Category:Deputies of Istanbul]] |
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[[Category:Erdoğan family]] |
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[[Category:Istanbul University alumni]] |
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[[Category:Living people]] |
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[[Category:Members of the 26th Parliament of Turkey]] |
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[[Category:Members of the 25th Parliament of Turkey]] |
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[[Category:Members of the 64th government of Turkey]] |
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[[Category:Members of the 65th government of Turkey]] |
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[[Category:21st-century Turkish politicians]] |
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[[Category:Ministers of Energy and Natural Resources of Turkey]] |
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