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Zafer Çağlayan
Zafer Çağlayan
	Çağlayan at the World Economic Forum on the Middle East, North Africa and Eurasia in 2012
Minister of Economic Affairs
	In office; 6 July 2011 – 25 December 2013
Prime Minister	Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Nihat Zeybekçi
Minister of State ; Responsible for Foreign Trade
	In office; 1 May 2009 – 6 July 2011
Prime Minister	Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Preceded by	Kürşad Tüzmen
Succeeded by	Office disestablished
Minister of Industry and Trade
	In office; 29 August 2007 – 1 May 2009
Prime Minister	Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Preceded by	Ali Coşkun
Succeeded by	Nihat Ergün
Personal details
Born	November 10, 1957 (age 66); Muş, Turkey
Political party	Justice and Development Party
Children	Salih Kaan Çağlayan (son)

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Mehmet Zafer Çağlayan (born 10 November 1957 in Muş) is a Turkish^[1] politician and former Minister.^[2] He is a member of parliament from the ruling Justice and Development Party and the former Minister of Economic Affairs under Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

Biography

Born to a Turkish-Kurdish family,^[3] Çağlayan graduated with a degree in mechanical engineering from Gazi University in Ankara in 1980 and went on to a career in the aluminum industry. Before his election to parliament and appointment as minister in August 2007 he was president of the Ankara Chamber of Industry and vice-president of the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey, who have been lobbying for structural and micro-economic reforms. He was the chairman of two companies namely Akel Alüminyum A.Ş and Çağlayanlar Alüminyum Limited.

Çağlayan is married and has two children.

2013 corruption scandal

On 17 December 2013, his son Salih Kaan Çağlayan was arrested for involvement in the 2013 corruption scandal.^[4] Zafer Çağlayan and two other ministers, namely Minister of the Interior Muammer Güler and Minister of Environment and Urban Planning Erdoğan Bayraktar, resigned on 25 December 2013, although Çağlayan and Güler remained as MPs.^[5]^[6] Former ministers deny the accusations.

On 28 February 2014, Salih Kaan Caglayan has been released with two other people. The Istanbul prosecutor has decided not to proceed against the 53 accused in the December 17 corruption probe, the Public Prosecutor's Office announced on 17 October 2014. On 5 January 2015, A Turkish parliamentary committee has cleared four former ministers of corruption charges. The charges were cancelled. The investigation followed controversial police probes into the allegations, which the government and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan described as a coup attempt by police. On 21 January 2015,The Turkish parliament voted on Wednesday not to send to trial four former ministers accused of wrongdoing in a corruption investigation.

Anti-semitic remarks

On 8 March 2014, during a public rally for his Justice and Development Party, Çağlayan spoke to the crowds. On the topic of the corruption scandal, he accused the instigators of the investigation of seeking to undermine the government and said:^[7]

...I would understand if a Jew, an atheist, a Zoroastrian would do all these things to us. Shame on them if these things are done by those who claim to be Muslim. How can a Muslim do this?

Çağlayan's remarks sparked further controversy in Turkey,^[8] with the Turkish Jewish Congregation (Turkish: Türk Musevi Cemaati) issuing a statement expressing its "discontent" with the remarks.^[9]

Public Statement and Apology

Mr. Caglayan has also made another statement soon after that by stating that,

... I never wanted to offend Jewish people or Jewish belief in the first place ...

and he said that he does respect all other religions and beliefs like his own and he deeply regrets if his remarks came across as an Insult.^[10]

References

^ "Hürriyet Daily News | Haber Detay". Hürriyet Daily News | LEADING NEWS SOURCE FOR TURKEY AND THE REGION. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
^ ‘Yıllarca Kürt’üm diyemedim’, Erdal Şen, 3 March 2013, Habertürk
^ ‘Yıllarca Kürt’üm diyemedim’, Erdal Şen, 3 March 2013, Habertürk
^ High-profile figures among 52 detained in major corruption operation in Turkey Hurriyet. 18 December 2013. Retrieved 21 December 2013.
^ Bakan Çağlayan ile Güler istifa etti Hurriyet. 25 December 2013. Retrieved 25 December 2013.
^ "Turkish economy, interior, environment ministers resign amid graft scandal". Hurriyet Daily News. Retrieved 25 December 2013.
^ "Çağlayan: I would understand if Jews, atheists were behind graft probe". Today's Zaman. 9 March 2014. Retrieved 11 March 2014.
^ Burak Bekdil (12 March 2014). "'How can a Muslim do this?'". Hürriyet Daily News. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
^ "Turkey's Jewish community reacts to former minister Çağlayan's remarks". Today's Zaman. 9 March 2014. Retrieved 11 March 2014.
^ "Zafer Çağlayan o sözleri için özür diledi". Internet Haber (in Turkish). 2014-03-10. Retrieved 2022-06-19.

External links

Media related to Zafer Çağlayan at Wikimedia Commons
Biyografi.net bio (Turkish)

Political offices
Preceded by Ali Coşkun	Minister of Industry and Trade 29 August 2007 – 1 May 2009	Succeeded by Nihat Ergün
Preceded by Kürşad Tüzmen	Minister of State Responsible for Foreign Trade 1 May 2009 – 6 July 2011	Office disestablished
New title Office established	Minister of Economic Affairs 6 July 2011 – 25 December 2013	Succeeded by Nihat Zeybekçi

[1] "Hürriyet Daily News | Haber Detay". Hürriyet Daily News | LEADING NEWS SOURCE FOR TURKEY AND THE REGION. Retrieved 17 November 2016.

[2] ‘Yıllarca Kürt’üm diyemedim’, Erdal Şen, 3 March 2013, Habertürk

[3] ‘Yıllarca Kürt’üm diyemedim’, Erdal Şen, 3 March 2013, Habertürk

[4] High-profile figures among 52 detained in major corruption operation in Turkey Hurriyet. 18 December 2013. Retrieved 21 December 2013.

[5] Bakan Çağlayan ile Güler istifa etti Hurriyet. 25 December 2013. Retrieved 25 December 2013.

[6] "Turkish economy, interior, environment ministers resign amid graft scandal". Hurriyet Daily News. Retrieved 25 December 2013.

[7] "Çağlayan: I would understand if Jews, atheists were behind graft probe". Today's Zaman. 9 March 2014. Retrieved 11 March 2014.

[8] Burak Bekdil (12 March 2014). "'How can a Muslim do this?'". Hürriyet Daily News. Retrieved 12 March 2014.

[9] "Turkey's Jewish community reacts to former minister Çağlayan's remarks". Today's Zaman. 9 March 2014. Retrieved 11 March 2014.

[10] "Zafer Çağlayan o sözleri için özür diledi". Internet Haber (in Turkish). 2014-03-10. Retrieved 2022-06-19.

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-[[File:Mehmet Zafer Caglayan - World Economic Forum on the Middle East, North Africa and Eurasia 2012 crop.jpg|thumb|upright|Çağlayan at the [[World Economic Forum]] on the Middle East, North Africa and Eurasia in 2012]]
-{{Politics of Turkey}}
-'''Mehmet Zafer Çağlayan''' (born November 10, 1957, [[Muş]]) is the Minister of Economy of Turkey and a Member of Parliament of the ruling [[Justice and Development Party (Turkey)|Justice and Development Party]].
+{{Infobox officeholder
-[[Çağlayan (surname)|Çağlayan]] graduated in mechanical engineering from [[Gazi University]] in [[Ankara]] in 1980 and went on to a career in the aluminum industry. Before his election to parliament and appointment as Minister in August 2007 he was president of the Ankara Chamber of Industry and vice-president of the [[The Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey]], who have been lobbying for structural and micro-economic reforms. He was the chairman of two companies Akel Alüminyum A.Ş and Çağlayanlar Alüminyum Limited.
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+| office         = [[Ministry of Economy (Turkey)|Minister of Economic Affairs]]
+| primeminister  = [[Recep Tayyip Erdoğan]]
+| term_start     = 6 July 2011
+| term_end       = 25 December 2013
+| predecessor    = ''Office established''
+| successor      = [[Nihat Zeybekçi]]
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+| term_start1    = 1 May 2009
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+| party          = [[Justice and Development Party (Turkey)|Justice and Development Party]]
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+'''Mehmet Zafer Çağlayan''' (born 10 November 1957 in [[Muş]]) is a [[Turkish people|Turkish]]<ref>{{cite news|title=Hürriyet Daily News {{!}} Haber Detay|url=http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/turkish-ex-minister-says-key-graft-suspect-bought-luxury-watch-as-he-did-not-have-time.aspx?pageID=238&nID=75247&NewsCatID=338|access-date=17 November 2016|work=Hürriyet Daily News {{!}} LEADING NEWS SOURCE FOR TURKEY AND THE REGION}}</ref> politician and former Minister.<ref>[http://ekonomi.haberturk.com/ekonomi/haber/824460-yillarca-kurtum-diyemedim ‘Yıllarca Kürt’üm diyemedim’], Erdal Şen, 3 March 2013, ''[[Habertürk]]''</ref> He is a [[Grand National Assembly of Turkey|member of parliament]] from the ruling [[Justice and Development Party (Turkey)|Justice and Development Party]] and the former Minister of Economic Affairs under Prime Minister [[Recep Tayyip Erdoğan]].
-[[Çağlayan (surname)|Çağlayan]] is married and has two children.
-==External links==
+==Biography==
+Born to a [[Turkish people|Turkish]]-[[Kurdish people|Kurdish]] family,<ref>[http://ekonomi.haberturk.com/ekonomi/haber/824460-yillarca-kurtum-diyemedim ‘Yıllarca Kürt’üm diyemedim’], Erdal Şen, 3 March 2013, ''[[Habertürk]]''</ref> Çağlayan graduated with a degree in mechanical engineering from [[Gazi University]] in [[Ankara]] in 1980 and went on to a career in the aluminum industry. Before his election to parliament and appointment as minister in August 2007 he was president of the Ankara Chamber of Industry and vice-president of the [[Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey]], who have been lobbying for structural and micro-economic reforms. He was the chairman of two companies namely Akel Alüminyum A.Ş and Çağlayanlar Alüminyum Limited.
-* [http://www.akelmetal.com.tr/turkish/index.php Akel Metal]
-* [http://www.biyografi.net Biyografi.net bio (Turkish)]
+Çağlayan is married and has two children.
+==2013 corruption scandal==
+On 17 December 2013, his son Salih Kaan Çağlayan was arrested for  involvement in the [[2013 corruption scandal in Turkey|2013 corruption scandal]].<ref>[http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/high-profile-figures-among-52-detained-in-major-corruption-operation-in-turkey.aspx?pageID=238&nID=59754&NewsCatID=338 High-profile figures among 52 detained in major corruption operation in Turkey] ''Hurriyet''. 18 December 2013. Retrieved 21 December 2013.</ref> Zafer Çağlayan and two other ministers, namely Minister of the Interior [[Muammer Güler]] and Minister of Environment and Urban Planning [[Erdoğan Bayraktar]], resigned on 25 December 2013, although Çağlayan and Güler remained as MPs.<ref>[http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/gundem/25438044.asp Bakan Çağlayan ile Güler istifa etti] ''Hurriyet''. 25 December 2013. Retrieved 25 December 2013.</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Turkish economy, interior, environment ministers resign amid graft scandal|url=http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/turkish-economy-interior-environment-ministers-resign-amid-graft-scandal.aspx?pageID=238&nID=60102&NewsCatID=338|work=Hurriyet Daily News|access-date=25 December 2013}}</ref> Former ministers deny the accusations.
+On 28 February 2014, Salih Kaan Caglayan has been released with two other people. The Istanbul prosecutor has decided not to proceed against the 53 accused in the December 17 corruption probe, the Public Prosecutor's Office announced on 17 October 2014.
+On 5 January 2015, A Turkish parliamentary committee has cleared four former ministers of corruption charges. The charges were cancelled. The investigation followed controversial police probes into the allegations, which the government and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan described as a coup attempt by police. On 21 January 2015,The Turkish parliament voted on Wednesday not to send to trial four former ministers accused of wrongdoing in a corruption investigation.
+===Anti-semitic remarks===
+On 8 March 2014, during a public rally for his [[Justice and Development Party (Turkey)|Justice and Development Party]], Çağlayan spoke to the crowds. On the topic of the corruption scandal, he accused the instigators of the investigation of seeking to undermine the government and said:<ref>{{cite news | title = Çağlayan: I would understand if Jews, atheists were behind graft probe | url = http://www.todayszaman.com/news-341557-caglayan-i-would-understand-if-jews-atheists-were-behind-graft-probe.html | newspaper = [[Today's Zaman]] | date = 9 March 2014 | access-date = 11 March 2014}}</ref>
+<blockquote>...I would understand if a Jew, an atheist, a Zoroastrian would do all these things to us. Shame on them if these things are done by those who claim to be Muslim. How can a Muslim do this?</blockquote>
+Çağlayan's remarks sparked further controversy in Turkey,<ref>{{cite news | title = 'How can a Muslim do this?' | url = http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/how-can-a-muslim-do-this.aspx?pageID=449&nID=63459&NewsCatID=398 | newspaper = [[Hürriyet Daily News]] | author = Burak Bekdil | date = 12 March 2014 | access-date = 12 March 2014}}</ref> with the Turkish Jewish Congregation ({{lang-tr|Türk Musevi Cemaati}}) issuing a statement expressing its "discontent" with the remarks.<ref>{{cite news | title = Turkey's Jewish community reacts to former minister Çağlayan's remarks | url = http://www.todayszaman.com/news-341601-turkeys-jewish-community-reacts-to-former-minister-caglayans-remarks.html | date = 9 March 2014 | access-date = 11 March 2014 | newspaper = [[Today's Zaman]] }}</ref>
+===Public Statement and Apology===
+Mr. Caglayan has also made another statement soon after that by stating that,
+ <blockquote>... I never wanted to offend Jewish people or Jewish belief  in the first place ...</blockquote>
+and he said that he does respect all other religions and beliefs like his own and he deeply regrets if his remarks came across  as an Insult.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-03-10 |title=Zafer Çağlayan o sözleri için özür diledi |url=https://www.internethaber.com/zafer-caglayan-o-sozleri-icin-ozur-diledi-648924h.htm |access-date=2022-06-19 |website=Internet Haber |language=tr-TR}}</ref>
+==See also==
+* [[2013 corruption scandal in Turkey]]
+==References==
+{{Reflist}}
+==External links==
+*{{Commons category-inline}}
+*[http://www.biyografi.net Biyografi.net bio (Turkish)]
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v t e Third Erdoğan Cabinet (2011–2014)
Cabinet
Prime Minister	Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (2003–2014)
Deputy Prime Ministers	Bülent Arınç (2011–2014) Ali Babacan (2011–2014) Beşir Atalay (2011–2014) Bekir Bozdağ (2011–2013) Emrullah İşler (2013–2014)
Minister of Culture and Tourism	Ertuğrul Günay (2011–2013) Ömer Çelik (2013–2014)
Minister of Customs and Trade	Hayati Yazıcı (2011–2014)
Minister of Development	Cevdet Yılmaz (2011–2014)
Minister of Economy	Zafer Çağlayan (2011–2013) Nihat Zeybekçi (2013–2014)
Minister of Energy and Natural Resources	Taner Yıldız (2011–2014)
Minister of Environment and Urban Planning	Erdoğan Bayraktar (2011–2013) İdris Güllüce (2013–2014)
Minister of European Union Affairs	Egemen Bağış (2011–2013) Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu (2013–2014)
Minister of Family and Social Policy	Fatma Şahin (2011–2013) Ayşenur İslam (2013–2014)
Minister of Finance	Mehmet Şimşek (2011–2014)
Minister of Food, Agriculture and Livestock	Mehmet Mehdi Eker (2011–2014)
Minister of Foreign Affairs	Ahmet Davutoğlu (2011–2014)
Minister of Forest and Water Management	Veysel Eroğlu (2011–2014)
Minister of Health	Recep Akdağ (2011–2013) Mehmet Müezzinoğlu (2013–2014)
Minister of the Interior	İdris Naim Şahin (2011–2013) Muammer Güler (2013–2013) Efkan Ala (2013–2014)
Minister of Justice	Sadullah Ergin (2011–2013) Bekir Bozdağ (2013–2014)
Minister of Labour and Social Security	Faruk Çelik (2011–2014)
Minister of National Defense	İsmet Yılmaz (2011–2014)
Minister of National Education	Ömer Dinçer (2011–2013) Nabi Avcı (2013–2014)
Minister of Science, Industry and Technology	Nihat Ergün (2011–2013) Fikri Işık (2013–2014)
Minister of Transport	Binali Yıldırım (2011–2013) Lütfi Elvan (2013–2014)
Minister of Youth and Sports	Suat Kılıç (2011–2013) Akif Çağatay Kılıç (2013–2014)