Yalçın Akdoğan, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Yalçın Akdoğan

Turkish politician, academic and journalist

Date of Birth: 22-Sep-1969

Place of Birth: Üsküdar, Turkey

Profession: politician, journalist

Nationality: Turkey

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

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Yalçin Akdogan (born 22 September 1969) is a Turkish politician who served as Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey from 2014 to 2016.
A member of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), Akdogan became a Member of Parliament representing Ankara's first electoral district at the 2011 general election and was re-elected in June 2015.
Prior to being elected Akdogan was an academic and a journalist, having taught at the Bahçesehir Üniversitesi and Anadolu University and written for Yeni Safak and Star among others.
He named Traditionalist authors René Guénon and Seyyed Hossein Nasr as his favourite writers.Akdogan was appointed as a Deputy Prime Minister in the Government of Ahmet Davutoglu on 29 August 2014.
He was responsible for the Solution process with Kurdish militants, designed to end the 40 years of conflict with Kurdish separatists.
He acted as the chief government negotiator during peace talks until they collapsed in 2015.