Numan Kurtulmuş

Numan Kurtulmuş
Leader of the People's Voice Party
Personal details
Born	1959 Ünye, Ordu Province, Turkey
Nationality	Turkish
Political party	FP SP HAS Parti
Spouse(s)	Sevgi Kurtulmuş
Alma mater	Istanbul University Cornell University
Religion	Islam
Website	numankurtulmus.com.tr/

Prof. Dr. Numan Kurtulmuş (born 1959 in Ünye, Ordu Province, Turkey) is a Turkish politician.

His family

Numan Kurtulmuş comes from a prominent Turkish family with a scholarly heritage and impeccable reputation. He is the grandson of the author of a book entitled A Commentary on "I believed in". The book was the first Turkish Islamic book written in the Latin alphabet at the early period of the Republican period of Turkey. The grandfather of Kurtulmuş was also a major in the Turkish army who fought in the Turkish War of Independence. His father, Dr. İsmail Niyazi Kurtulmuş, was a founder of many charities and foundations.

Kurtulmuş is married and has three children.

Academic career

Kurtulmuş obtained his bachelor’s and master’s degree at Istanbul University's School of Management. He then pursued a PhD at the University of Cornell, U.S., and worked there as part-time lecturer. He obtained his PhD in Economy 1992 and became an assistant professor in 1994 at the School of Economics of Istanbul University.

He has authored many academic articles and two books, entitled Transformation in post-Industrialization and The Japanese Model for the Human Resource Management. He lectured at the Istanbul University's School of Economics on social politics, economy of work and human resource management. He obtained his professorship in 2004 and continues to lecture and research at Istanbul Commerce University as a full time university member.

Political career

In 1998, Kurtulmuş became Istanbul provincial head of the Virtue Party (FP) and a member of the party’s General Administrative Board. Later he served as Istanbul Provincial head of Virtue Party and deputy chair.

Kurtulmuş was elected for the chair of the Felicity Party (SP) at the Third Ordinary Congress of the Party on 26 October 2008. After a rift developed with the followers of former FP leader and ex Prime Minister Erbakan, signatures of majority of the delegates asked for renewal of the congres and sacking of Kurtulmuş. Refusing this ended up in court and court ruled that party administration should be transferred from his leadership to a board of trustees, after the ruling he had to resign from that position on 1 October 2010.^[1]

On November 1, 2010, Kurtulmuş founded a new party, the People's Voice Party (Halkın Sesi Partisi), of which he was elected leader on November 28, 2010.^[2]

References

1. ^ "Kurtulmuş resigns as Saadet leader in Turkey". Hürriyet Daily News. 1 October 2010. http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php?n=turkish-conservative-party-leader-resigns-2010-10-01. Retrieved 1 October 2010. 
2. ^ "Kurtulmuş confirmed as first leader of Turkish party HSP". Hürriyet Daily News. 28 November 2010. http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php?n=has-party-halted-its-first-convention-2010-11-28. Retrieved 12 December 2010. 

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Name	Kurtulmus, Numan
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Date of birth	1959
Place of birth	Ünye, Ordu Province, Turkey
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