Suleyman Soylu

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Süleyman Soylu (born November 21, 1969 in Istanbul ) is a Turkish politician of the AKP . He was appointed Minister of Internal Affairs in Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım's cabinet in August 2016 . He has also served in the cabinet of the Recep Tayyip Erdogan government, which has been in office since July 9, 2018 . In April 2020, he submitted a resignation, which President Erdogan rejected.

Life and education

Soylu's family comes from Trabzon . He received his school education in Istanbul's Gaziosmanpaşa district and studied at the Faculty of Business Administration at Istanbul University . He then worked at the Borsa Istanbul .

Political career

His political career began in 1987 when he joined the youth organization of the Democratic Party (DP). He rose to the party executive and later chairman of the DP in Istanbul. In 2008 he was elected chairman of the entire party. He criticized Erdoğan.

“Before the AKP government, the unemployment rate was 6%; today it has increased to 11.3%. Just as the Prime Minister [Erdoğan] cannot sit on a horse, he cannot rule the country in the same way ”

Soylu resigned from this post after the 2009 local elections in Turkey . His approval for the constitutional referendum in Turkey in 2010 resulted in his being expelled from the DP.

In September 2012, Soylu joined the ruling AKP at the invitation of then Prime Minister Erdoğan . He was Minister for Labor and Social Security in the Davutoğlu III cabinet . On August 31, 2016, Interior Minister Efkan Ala resigned and Soylu was appointed as his successor. In the cabinet of President Erdoğan Soylu was interior minister.

On August 1, 2018, the imposed Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States sanctions against Soylu and Justice Minister Abdul Hamit Gul . Both were banned from owning property in the United States, and US citizens were banned from transacting with the two. The US authorities justified this with "serious human rights violations" in the detention and indictment of Pastor Andrew Brunson . Soylu stated on August 2, 2018 that he had no possessions or assets outside of Turkey. Turkey reacted sharply to the sanctions and imposed sanctions on August 4, 2018 against the then Justice Minister Jeff Sessions and against the then Homeland Security Minister Kirstjen Nielsen ( Trump cabinet ). After bilateral negotiations, the sanctions were mutually lifted on November 1, 2018.

A two-day curfew for 31 cities, which was also medically questionable, announced by Soylu as a measure against the Covid 19 pandemic just two hours in advance, triggered chaos with panic buying, which is why he asked to resign on April 12, 2020 submitted as Minister of the Interior . However, President Erdoğan did not accept his resignation.

Comments on HDP and BDP

In November 2016, Soylu ordered administrative and criminal investigations to be initiated, since the designation of co-mayor, as practiced by the BDP , is illegal.

After the murder of an AKP election worker, Soylu threatened HDP co-chair Pervin Buldan on June 28, 2018 with the words "We will not let you live here any more". When she made the threat public, Soylu reiterated the threat at a press conference and said he had told her a lot more.

Relationship with the CHP

After the presidential and parliamentary elections (both on June 24, 2018), Soylu banned CHP politicians from attending funerals of fallen Turkish soldiers. On the day of the instruction, a CHP politician was excluded from a funeral and the wreath that the CHP had sent was destroyed.

Web links

Commons : Süleyman Soylu  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Erdogan makes the son-in-law the new finance minister | NZZ . In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung . July 10, 2018, ISSN  0376-6829 ( nzz.ch [accessed on August 1, 2018]).
  2. ↑ Interior Minister Soylu resigned. In: Deutschlandfunk.de. April 12, 2020, accessed April 13, 2020 .
  3. ↑ Chaos around curfew - no resignation. In: tagesschau.de. April 13, 2020, accessed April 13, 2020 .
  4. ↑ Suleyman Soylu. Retrieved March 19, 2018 (Turkish).
  5. ↑ Çiller döneminde parladı, Davutoğlu'nda bakan oldu, Erdoğan'la zirve oldu. April 12, 2017, accessed April 14, 2020 .
  6. ↑ Süleyman Soylu'ya 'evet' cezası! September 21, 2017. Retrieved March 19, 2018 .
  7. ↑ İşte AK Parti'nin yeni A takımı - Ahaber - Ahaber. December 22, 2017. Retrieved March 19, 2018 .
  8. ↑ İçişleri Bakanı Suleyman Soylu: Benim için de sürpriz oldu. In: Hürriyet . Retrieved March 19, 2018 .
  9. ↑ https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sm453
  10. ↑ Reaction to sanctions: Turkish interior minister wants to “get” Gülen from America . ISSN  0174-4909 ( faz.net [accessed March 5, 2019]).
  11. ↑ Response to US measures: Turkey imposes sanctions on US ministers. Retrieved March 5, 2019 .
  12. ↑ ZEIT ONLINE: Sanctions: Turkey and USA lift mutual punitive measures . In: The time . November 2, 2018, ISSN  0044-2070 ( zeit.de [accessed March 5, 2019]).
  13. ↑ DER SPIEGEL: Turkish interior minister resigns after unsuccessful curfew - DER SPIEGEL - politics. Retrieved April 12, 2020 .
  14. ↑ FAZ.net: Erdogan does not accept the resignation of the Turkish interior minister. In: FAZ.net . April 12, 2020, accessed April 13, 2020 .
  15. ↑ Cumhuriyet newspaper report
  16. ↑ a b Bülent Mumay: Letter from Istanbul: Even the shadow is questionable . In: FAZ.NET . ISSN  0174-4909 ( faz.net [accessed July 11, 2018]).
personal data
SURNAME Soylu, Suleyman
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Turkish politician (AKP), Minister of Internal Affairs
DATE OF BIRTH November 21, 1969
PLACE OF BIRTH Istanbul