- Turgay Avcı
Turgay Avcı is theDeputy Prime Minister andMinister of Foreign Affairs in the government of theTurkish Republic of Northern Cyprus . He is also the Leader of theReform Party (Northern Cyprus) .Avcı was born in
Larnaca in 1959. After graduating from Namık Kemal High School inFamagusta , he studied Electrical and Electronics Engineering atAmerican University of Beirut , graduating in 1985. He received his masters degree in Business Administration at theEastern Mediterranean University (EMU) in 1992 and has a doctorate fromÇukurova University on Administration and Organization.He attended trainings in USA and Germany in the fields of tourism, administration and quality. He was a Member of North Cyprus Atatürk Research and Implementation Centre and Member of the State Television (BRT) Board. In the public sector, he served as a Member of the Advisory Council, Specialization Commission, Tourism Master Plan Working Committee, Tourism Advisory Committee, and Human Resource and Education Committee.In
14 December 2003 General Elections and later in20 February 2005 early elections he was elected to the Parliament as National Unity Party’sFamagusta MP. After serving as the Secretary General of the National Unity Party, he resigned from his party and formed the Freedom and Reform Party. He took part in theRepublican Turkish Party -United Forces and Freedom and Reform Party coalition government, which was formed in 25 September 2006, as the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs.As Minister of Foreign Affairs, Turgay Avci has begun some very good work with the embargos. He has begun to directly ship tours and to normalize relations to Syria.
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