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Binali Yıldırım
Binali Yıldırım is a Turkish politician who served as the 27th and last prime minister of Turkey from 2016 to 2018 and Speaker of the Grand National Assembly from 2018 to 2019. He was leader of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) from 2016 to 2017, then becoming parliamentary leader until 2018.
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politics · Prime Minister of Turkey from 2016 to 2018 · politician · marine engineer · engineer · also Binali Yıldırım, Binali Yildirim, Yıldırım
Born 20 December 1955 · Q863496
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2026· 3 entries
Haberler: Erzincan Binali Yıldırım Üniversitesi Rektörü Prof. Dr. Kuyrukluyıldız göreve başladı
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Haberler: Prof. Dr. Ufuk Kuyrukluyıldız, Erzincan Binali Yıldırım Üniversitesi Rektörlüğüne Atandı
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2023· 1 entry
Doğruluk Payı rated the claim “Bir Twitter hesabından 23 Nisan 2023 tarihinde yapılan paylaşımda Hollanda basınının, Binali Yıldırım’ın sadece Hollanda’daki servetini 26 Milyar Dolar olarak açıkladığı iddia edildi.” Yanlış.
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2019· 3 entries
The speaker of the Turkish Parliament Binali Yildirim announced that he would resign due to the fact that he would run for mayor of Istanbul in the local elections to be held in Turkey on March 31, 2019
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Claimed: “İstanbul'da tersine göç başladı. Son iki yılda gelen giden sayısını karşılaştırdığınızda giden sayısı daha fazla.” — rated Kısmen Doğruluk Payı Vardır by Doğruluk Payı.
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Claimed: “Seçim bir siyasi faaliyet değildir.” — rated Doğruluk Payı Yoktur by Doğruluk Payı.
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2018· 3 entries
Which is due to become the largest in the world
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Career landmark: member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (2018).
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Career landmark: Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (2018–2019).
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2017· 5 entries
Claimed: “Ülkemiz bugün ... rekor düzeyde büyüyen ekonomisi ... ile dünyanın önde gelen ülkeleri arasında yerini almıştır.” — rated Doğruluk Payı Yoktur by Doğruluk Payı.
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Claimed: “Dünyadaki 5 mülteciden 3’üne Türkiye kucak açıyor.” — rated Doğruluk Payı Yoktur by Doğruluk Payı.
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Claimed: “Türkiye bugün dünyanın en büyük havalimanını İstanbul'a yapıyor. 150 milyon yolcu kapasiteli havalimanı yapıyoruz.” — rated Kısmen Doğruluk Payı Vardır by Doğruluk Payı.
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Claimed: “Türkiye, halen dünyada orman varlığını arttırabilen sayılı ülkelerden biri.” — rated Kısmen Doğruluk Payı Vardır by Doğruluk Payı.
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Claimed: “2016'daki uluslararası doğrudan yatırımların yüzde 56'sı 15 Temmuz darbe girişiminden sonra geldi.” — rated Doğruluk Payı Vardır by Doğruluk Payı.
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2016· 7 entries
Claimed: “Türkiye'nin 350 milyar doları aşan dış ticaret hacmi yaklaşık 160 ülkenin milli gelirini geride bırakıyor.” — rated Doğruluk Payı Vardır by Doğruluk Payı.
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Claimed: “Son 14 yılda eğitimin fiziki şartları çok gelişti. 250 binden fazla yeni derslik yapıldı, derslik başına düşen öğretmen sayısı artırıldı.” — rated Doğruluk Payı Vardır by Doğruluk Payı.
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Claimed: “(Almanya’da) bizim vatandaşımız, Türk kökenli 3,5 milyon seçmeni var” — rated Doğruluk Payı Yoktur by Doğruluk Payı.
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Claimed: “Akıl yollarıyla ülkemizin her yerini donattık, bilgi toplumu seviyesini… için Türkiye’yi Afrika seviyesinden aldık, Avrupa’nın ilk 5 ülkesi arasına soktuk.” — rated Doğruluk Payı Yoktur by Doğruluk Payı.
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Shortly after he became prime minister, being contrasted to a speech given by Barack Obama promoting 'Take Your Child to the Lab' Week at the end of February 2016
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Career landmark: Prime Minister of Turkey (2016–2018).
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Following Ahmet Davutoğlu's resignation as prime minister, his mayoral rival and successful opponent Aziz Kocaoğlu stated that he preferred Yıldırım as Davutoğlu's successor due to his ties with İzmir
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2015· 4 entries
Yıldırım announced plans to introduce positive discrimination for women mariners
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Career landmark: minister of Transport and Infrastructure (2015–2016).
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Career landmark: member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (2015).
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Almost prompted Yıldırım to run against him
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2014· 1 entry
The line, operated by a subsidiary of the Turkish State Railways (TCDD), was extended to Istanbul, completing the Ankara–Istanbul high-speed railway
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2013· 8 entries
The first phase of the Marmaray project, which links the continents of Europe and Asia via a tunnel under the Bosphorus in Istanbul was opened, due to link and take over the entirety of the Istanbul suburban rail service
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But was reinstated as minister by Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu on 24 November 2015
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And 2014, while a new ferry terminal was opened at Tuzla for İDO ferry services to Yalova
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Yıldırım was implicated in a government corruption scandal, with the financial and social activities of his family members also coming under scrutiny
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Yıldırım ran as the AKP candidate for Mayor of İzmir in the 2014 local elections but lost to the incumbent Republican People's Party (CHP) candidate Aziz Kocaoğlu
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Yıldırım explained that he had made his university choices with difficulty but claimed that he did not apply for Boğaziçi University because he saw 'young men and women sitting together in the university garden' and that
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Was appointed by the AKP as an advisor to the party leader, whom at that point was Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
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A dubious poll showed that Yıldırım was ahead of the CHP in İzmir
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2012· 3 entries
When the Holding was purchasing İDO from the state
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A primary school established by their three children in Çekmeköy, Istanbul was named after his wife, 'Öğretmen Semiha Yıldırım İlkokulu', and was opened on 24 November 2012.
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Iğdır Airport also in 2012 and Şırnak Airport followed in 2013
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2011· 6 entries
And a new international terminal for Milas–Bodrum Airport was completed in 2012
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The portfolio of communications was officially added to Yıldırım's brief
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And was ridiculed for his apparent lack of knowledge about Cloud computing
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Career landmark: member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (2011–2015).
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The portfolios of Maritime and Communications were merged with the Ministry of Transport, with Yıldırım becoming the Minister of Transport, Maritime and Communication
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Career landmark: minister of Transport and Infrastructure (2011–2013).
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2010· 1 entry
Close to 44 IP addresses used by YouTube and Google were blocked, with the total number of blocked websites being estimated to be at 8,000
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2008· 2 entries
Growing internet censorship resulted in blocks being implemented on YouTube and Blogger and approximately 1,000 other sites
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While Gazipaşa Airport serving Antalya and Gökçeada Airport serving Çanakkale were opened in 2010
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2007· 2 entries
Career landmark: member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (2007–2011).
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Career landmark: minister of Transport and Infrastructure (2007–2011).
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2006· 5 entries
Both the İzmir commuter rail (İZBAN) and the Adana Metro in May 2010, the Istanbul Metro lines M3 in 2013, M4 in 2012 and M6 in 2015 and the Ankara Metro lines M3 and M4 in 2014
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Stated that his name was of Alevi origin and that he would work hard for the AKP to field Alevi candidates in the upcoming election, in response to criticism that the party was discriminating against the Alevi minorit
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With Yıldırım also present at the opening of a new domestic terminal in 2014
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While Balıkesir Airport and Kars Harakani Airport was reopened by Yıldırım in 2007
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Yıldırım was subject to criticism by secularists in Turkey over allegations that he preferred veiled women or men with veiled wives when appointing bureaucrats to positions within the Ministry of Transport
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2005· 1 entry
Many criticising him with charges of sexism
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2003· 2 entries
The government launched Turkey's first high-speed rail project, the Hızlandırılmış tren ("Fast train")
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When he allegedly obtained a loan from a shipping firm named Santour that had been leased a ferryboat by Yıldırım as Transport Minister
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2002· 3 entries
Career landmark: member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (2002–2007).
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Purchasing their first ship in 2003 for $445,000 to operate the İzmir Çeşme-Brindisi (Italy) route
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Career landmark: minister of Transport and Infrastructure (2002–2007).
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1999· 1 entry
Was awarded a quality medal by the Skål International group for his contributions to the modernisation of the maritime transportation and tourism industries
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1976· 1 entry
Yıldırım has been married to retired teacher Semiha Yıldırım since 1976 and has three children, Erkan, Ahmet and Baran.
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1955· 1 entry
Born 1955-12-20.
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1915· 1 entry
As a Genocide, in line with a similar decision taken by the European Parliament a year before
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