- Ahmet Davutoğlu
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Ahmet Davutoğlu 
Minister of Foreign Affairs Incumbent Assumed office
1 May 2009President Abdullah Gül Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Preceded by Ali Babacan Personal details Born February 26, 1959
Taşkent, Konya, TurkeyPolitical party Justice and Development Party Spouse(s) Sare Davutoğlu (m. 1984) Children Sefure, Meymune, Mehmet, Hacer Büke Alma mater Boğaziçi University Religion Sunni Islam Professor Ahmet Davutoğlu (Turkish pronunciation: [ahˈmet ˈdavutoːɫu]; born 26 February 1959) is a Turkish political scientist, an academic and an ambassador. On May 1, 2009, he was named Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey after being the chief advisor to the Prime Minister of Republic of Turkey.
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Life and career
Ahmet Davutoğlu was born in Konya, Turkey. He graduated from İstanbul Erkek Lisesi, which is a Deutsche Auslandsschule (German International school) and studied at the Department of Economics and Political Science of the Boğaziçi University, İstanbul. He holds a masters degree in Public Administration and a PhD degree in Political Science and International Relations from Boğaziçi University. Between 1993 and 1999 he worked at the Marmara University and became a full professor in 1999. He was the chairman of the Department of International Relations at Beykent University in Istanbul, Turkey.
He is a father of four and his wife is a medical doctor.
Ahmet Davutoğlu was granted a title of ambassador by the joint decision of President Ahmet Necdet Sezer and Prime Minister Abdullah Gül that was made on 17 January 2003 and published in the Official Gazette of the Republic of Turkey dated 18 January 2003.[1]
His publications include Alternative Paradigms: The Impact of Islamic and Western Weltanschauungs on Political Theory, The Civilizational Transformation and The Muslim World in English, Stratejik Derinlik (Strategic Depth), and Küresel Bunalım (The Global Crisis) in Turkish. Especially his book Strategic Depth is a very influential book in Turkey's foreign policy orientation. He is very influential in the military, academic, and government triangle shaping Turkish foreign policy.[2]
Ambassador Davutoğlu was one of the leading actors on behalf of the Turkish government during the shuttle diplomacy for the settlement of 2008 Israel–Gaza conflict. Davutoğlu was appointed as the Foreign Minister of Turkey on 1 May 2009. He has since called for Turkey to become more than just a regional power within Europe and the Middle East and desires Ankara to have a far more influential role in world politics.[3] Davutoğlu is generally linked to the notion of Turkish neo-Ottomanism, which favours a commonwealth with its neighbours and old Ottoman connections.[4] Although his foreign policies have been regarded as neo-Ottomanist by Western and especially U.S. media, Davutoğlu does not accept such a characterization. He stated in an interview with Turkish daily Sabah that "as much as we don't use this conceptualization, the fact that it is being used against us is either because of misunderstanding or lack of goodwill." He argued against the idea that Turkey is trying to establish a neo-Ottoman imperial order by saying that: "I have said that Turkey as a nation-state is equal with any other nation-state of our region whether it is small in population or area. We don't have any hegemony on anyone. Rather what we are trying to do is to contribute to the establishment of a permanent peace in our region. If by order they mean is Pax Ottomana, Pax in the meaning of order, we are trying to establish a order, it is not wrong to say such thing".[5]
He was listed by Foreign Policy magazine as one of the top 100 global thinkers of 2010 for being the brains behind Turkey's global reawakening.[6] In an interview with him he talked about his "Zero Problem Policy" and said that "It is possible to have zero problems if the other actors respect our values. It doesn't mean that we will be silent in order to have good relations with all parties.[7]"
Selected works
- Alternative Paradigms: The Impact of Islamic and Western Weltanschauungs on Political Theory. University Press of America, 1993
- Civilizational Transformation and the Muslim World. Quill, 1994
- Stratejik derinlik: Türkiye'nin uluslararası konumu. Küre Yayınları, 2001
- Osmanlı Medeniyeti: Siyaset İktisat Sanat. Klasik, 2005
- Küresel Bunalım. Küre, 2002.
See also
- Foreign policy of the Recep Tayyip Erdoğan government
- List of Turkish diplomats
References
- ^ T.C Resmî Gazete, 18 January 2008, Ankara, http://rega.basbakanlik.gov.tr/eskiler/2003/01/20030118.htm#13
- ^ Biyografi Net, http://www.biyografi.net/kisiayrinti.asp?kisiid=2063
- ^ Turkey FM Davutoglu embraces mediation role , (in English), bbc.co.uk, 31 Dec 2009
- ^ Simsek, Ayhan. "The changes and challenges of Turkey's foreign policy". http://www.setimes.com/cocoon/setimes/xhtml/en_GB/features/setimes/features/2009/06/10/feature-03. Retrieved 14 December 2010.
- ^ Batur, Nur. "New Ottomans is not a goodwilled description". Sabah Newspaper. http://sabah.com.tr/Siyaset/2009/12/04/yeni_osmanlilar_sozu_iyi_niyetli_degil. Retrieved 14 December 2010.
- ^ "The FP Top 100 Global Thinkers 7. Ahmet Davutoglu". Foreign Policy. http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2010/11/29/the_fp_top_100_global_thinkers?page=0,6. Retrieved 14 December 2010.
- ^ Hounshell, Blake. "Mr. 'Zero Problems'". Foreign Policy. http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2010/11/29/mr_zero_problems?page=0,1. Retrieved 14 December 2010.
External links
- Profile at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Ahmet Davutoğlu on Charlie Rose
- Column archive at Aljazeera
- Column archive at The Guardian
- Works by or about Ahmet Davutoğlu in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
- Ahmet Davutoğlu collected news and commentary at Al Jazeera English
- A Shift in Turkish Foreign Policy: Turkey's Strategic Depth, Qantara
- Interview with Turkey's Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu: "Turkey Creates Balance in the Middle East", Qantera
- "Turkey's new visionary", Aljazeera, May 13, 2010
- "Turkey's Zero-Problems Foreign Policy", a Foreign Policy Magazine article from Davutoğlu, MAY 20, 2010
Political offices Preceded by
Ali BabacanMinister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey
May 1, 2009–presentSucceeded by
IncumbentSecond cabinet of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (2007–2011) Deputy Prime Ministers Cemil Çiçek (2007–2011)
Hayati Yazıcı (2007–2009) • Bülent Arınç (2009–2011)
Nazım Ekren (2007–2009) • Ali Babacan (2009–2011)
Minister of State Mehmet Aydın (2007–2011)
Kürşad Tüzmen (2007-2009) • Mehmet Zafer Çağlayan (2009–2011)
Nimet Çubukçu (2007–2009) • Selma Aliye Kavaf (2009–2011)
Cevdet Yılmaz (2009–2011)
Mustafa Sait Yazıcıoğlu (2007–2009) • Faruk Çelik (2009–2011)
Murat Başesgioğlu (2007–2009) • Faruk Nafız Özak (2009–2011)
Egemen Bağış (2009–2011)
Hayati Yazıcı (2009–2011)Minister of Justice Mehmet Ali Şahin (2007–2009) • Sadullah Ergin (2009–2011)Minister of National Defense Mehmet Vecdi Gönül (2007–2011)Minister of the Interior Beşir Atalay (2007–2011)Minister of Foreign Affairs Ali Babacan (2007–2009) • Ahmet Davutoğlu (since 2009–2011)Minister of Finance Kemal Unakıtan (2007–2009) • Mehmet Şimşek (2009–2011)Minister of National Education Hüseyin Çelik (2007–2009) • Nimet Çubukçu (2009–2011)Minister of Public Works and Settlement Faruk Nafız Özak (2007-2009) • Mustafa Demir (2009–2011)Minister of Health Recep Akdağ (2007–2011)Minister of Transport and Communication Binali Yıldırım (2007–2011)Minister of Agriculture Mehmet Mehdi Eker (2007–2011)Minister of Labour and Social Security Faruk Çelik (2007–2009) • Ömer Dinçer (2009–2011)Minister of Industry and Commerce Mehmet Zafer Çağlayan (2007–2009) • Nihat Ergün (2009–2011)Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Mehmet Hilmi Güler (2007–2009) • Taner Yıldız (2009–2011)Minister of Culture and Tourism Ertuğrul Günay (2007–2011)Minister of Environment and Forestry Veysel Eroğlu (2007–2011)Third cabinet of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (2011–present) Cabinet Deputy Prime Ministers Minister of Justice Sadullah ErginMinister of Family and Social Politics Fatma ŞahinMinister of European Community Affairs Minister of Science, Industry and Technology Minister of Labour and Social Security Minister of Environment and Urban Development Erdoğan BayraktarMinister of Foreign Affairs Ahmet DavutoğluMinister of Economy Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Taner YıldızMinister of Youth and Sports Suat KılıçMinister of Food, Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Minister of Customs and Commerce Minister of the Interior İdris Naim ŞahinMinister of Development Minister of Culture Minister of Finance Minister of National Education Minister of National Defence İsmet YılmazMinister of Forestry and Water Affairs Minister of Health Minister of Transport Categories:- 1959 births
- Beykent University faculty
- Boğaziçi University alumni
- International relations scholars
- Living people
- Marmara University faculty
- Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Turkey
- Turkish academics
- Turkish diplomats
- Turkish non-fiction writers
- Turkish political scientists
- Justice and Development Party (Turkey) politicians
- Presidents of the United Nations Security Council
- International Islamic University Malaysia faculty
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