Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu

Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu (2017)

Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu [ mevlyt ˈtʃavuʃˌoːɫu ] (born February 5, 1968 in Alanya ) is a Turkish politician of the AKP . He is Minister for Foreign Affairs in the Erdoğan IV Cabinet . From 2010 to 2012 he was President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe and in 2013 and 2014 Turkish Minister for European Affairs in the Erdoğan III cabinet .

Life

Çavuşoğlu graduated from the private H. Emin Paşa high school. In 1988 he received his bachelor's degree from the Department of International Relations of the Faculty of Political Science at Ankara University . With an assistant scholarship , he went to Long Island University in the United States, where he received his master's degree in 1991 and then worked as a university lecturer. In 1993 he finished his training as an “EU Expert” at the Center for EU Research at Ankara University. In the same year Çavuşoğlu began his doctoral thesis at Bilkent University in Ankara. With an EU scholarship , he was able to complete his doctoral thesis on environmental economics and recovery at the London School of Economics . He attended language courses and learned the Japanese language at Long Island University and the London School of Economics . He also speaks Russian and German .

From May to October 1995 he worked for the Ministry of the Environment at UNDP .

Çavuşoğlu was in the 2002 parliamentary elections and 2007 in Turkey for the deputies of the province of Antalya in the Grand National Assembly of Turkey for the Party for Justice and Development selected (ACP).

Çavuşoğlu was President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe from January 25, 2010 to January 2012 . From December 25, 2013, he was the successor to Egemen Bağış European Minister of Turkey. In the Davutoğlu I cabinet (August 2014 to August 2015 and again from November 21, 2015) he was Turkey’s Foreign Minister. In the Yıldırım cabinet, which has been in office from May 2016 to July 2018, and in the Erdoğan IV cabinet, which has been in office since July 2018 , he is again Foreign Minister.

Controversy

Diplomatic appearance in the course of the election campaign in 2017

On the occasion of the constitutional referendum on 16 April 2017 a number of Turkish politicians visited in advance to campaign appearances different places in Germany, as well as due to the Turkish diaspora 1.4 million eligible to vote Turks living in Germany and performances of Turkish leaders in previous years before Turkish background in Germany occurred had.

However, after several campaign appearances by Turkish government representatives in Germany were officially canceled by the German authorities due to security and organizational problems from March 2017, Turkish President Erdogan turned to Germany in a campaign speech in Turkey: "Your practices are no different from the previous ones Nazi Practices ". Çavuşoğlu also described the refusals as Nazi practices and told the Turkish media: “If you [here: Germany] want to work with us, you have to learn how to behave towards us.” Otherwise Turkey will “without Hesitation by all means ”reply. "Then you have to think about the consequences." A few days later, on March 7, 2017, he told several hundred onlookers from the balcony of the Turkish consulate in Hamburg-Uhlenhorst : "Germany is pursuing systematic opposition to Turkey" and "Turkish citizens would be in Germany systematically suppressed ”. At that appearance in Hamburg, according to media reports and video recordings, he is said to have shown the controversial wolf salute of the right-wing extremist gray wolves observed by the German constitution protection authorities .

After the announcement of a rally in Rotterdam , Prime Minister Mark Rutte announced that the public space in the Netherlands was “not the right place for political campaigns in another country”. The German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel also asked for a waiver at the initiative of the Netherlands; the election campaign there could stir up anti-Islamic resentment. On March 11, Çavuşoğlu said in a TV interview that he would travel to Rotterdam on the same day; should Dutch authorities obstruct his visit, Turkey would impose "severe penalties" on the Netherlands. As a result, the government of the Netherlands refused Çavuşoğlu the landing permit for the planned election date. On March 16, 2017, one day after the parliamentary elections in the Netherlands , Çavuşoğlu claimed that “a war of religions will soon begin” in Europe.

Awards

• Honorary doctorate from Lomonosov University Moscow (February 11, 2011)

Web links

Commons : Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• The Minister (tr / fr / en / ar)
• Çavuşoğlu's website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, Japonca'yı nasıl öğrendiğini 5N1K'da anlattı. Retrieved January 14, 2020 (German). 
2. ↑ Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu canlı yayında Japonca ve Rusça konuştu. Retrieved January 14, 2020 (German). 
3. ↑ Çavuşoğlu's opening speech
4. ↑ CV, list of links, photos etc. on the website of the Council of Europe.
5. ↑ Mevlut Cavusoglu appointed as Turkey's new Foreign Minister. In: Public Radio of Armenia , August 29, 2014.
6. ^ Ferdinand Knauß: Turkish insults: German cowardice makes Erdoğan's insolence possible. Retrieved December 10, 2019 . 
7. ^ Baden-Württemberg: Gaggenau forbids the Turkish Minister of Justice to appear . In: Spiegel Online . March 2, 2017 ( spiegel.de [accessed December 10, 2019]).
8. ↑ WORLD: Nihat Zeybekci: Turkish Economy Minister finds room in Cologne . March 4, 2017 ( welt.de [accessed December 10, 2019]).
9. ↑ The appearance of the Turkish Foreign Minister in Hamburg canceled. March 6, 2017, accessed December 10, 2019 . 
10. ↑ Appearance in Hamburg: Turkish Foreign Minister accuses Germany of "systematic propaganda" . In: Spiegel Online . March 7, 2017 ( spiegel.de [accessed December 10, 2019]).
11. ↑ Rejection of appearances by Turkish ministers: Erdogan accuses Germany of "Nazi practices" . In: Spiegel Online . March 5, 2017 ( spiegel.de [accessed December 10, 2019]).
12. ^ After the ban in Gaggenau: Turkish Foreign Minister warns Germany. Retrieved December 10, 2019 . 
13. ↑ ^{a b} Turkish minister shows controversial "wolf salute". In: Welt Online , March 9, 2017.
14. ↑ n-tv NEWS: Cavusoglu attacks Germany sharply. Retrieved December 10, 2019 . 
15. ↑ Netherlands declare Turkish election campaign undesirable. In: FAZ.net , March 4, 2017.
16. ↑ The Netherlands asked for a waiver - Did Cavusoglu break a promise? In: n-tv.de , March 12, 2017.
17. ↑ Turkish Foreign Minister insists on event in Rotterdam. In: FAZ.net , March 11, 2017.
18. ^ Netherlands forbid Turkish foreign minister to land. In: Zeit Online , March 12, 2017.
19. ↑ Deniz Aykanat: choice in the Netherlands: The reactions from Turkey. In: Süddeutsche Online , March 16, 2017.
20. ↑ http://www.tbmm.gov.tr/develop/owa/meclis_bulteni.bulten_sayfa?psayi=169&psayfa=20