Abdurrahim Boynukalın
President of the Justice and Development Party Youth Wing
Assumed office
12 October 2014
Preceded byZafer Çubukcu
Member of the Grand National Assembly
In office
7 June 2015 – 1 November 2015
ConstituencyIstanbul (III) (June 2015)
Deputy Minister of Ministry of Youth and Sports
In office
18 December 2015 – 26 April 2018
Personal details
Born (1987-09-15) 15 September 1987
Turkey
Nationality Turkey
Political partyJustice and Development Party
Alma materSakarya University
Istanbul University
City University of London

Abdurrahim Boynukalın (born 15 September 1987)[1] is a Turkish politician and journalist, Justice and Development Party United Kingdom Representative. Between 12 October 2014 and 20 December 2015, he served as the Head of the Youth Branch of the Justice and Development Party. He was also a Member of Parliament for Istanbul's 3rd electoral district between 7 June and 1 November 2015, having been elected at the June 2015 general election. Between 18 December 2015 and 26 April 2018, he attended as the Deputy Minister of Youth and Sports.[2]

Early life and career

Abdurrahim Boynukalın was born in 1987 and graduated from Sakarya University Faculty of Administration. He obtained a master's degree from Istanbul University Faculty of International Relations. After obtaining a second master's degree from City University of London Department of Media Communications, he became a journalist at the conservative newspaper Yeni Şafak.[3] He became a research fellow at Kırklareli University and can speak fluent English and semi-fluent German.[4]

Journalism career

He worked as a columnist in Milat newspaper between 2011 and 2013 and in Yeni Şafak newspaper between 2013 and 2014. He generally wrote analyzes about daily Turkish politics. He gave support to dissidents in Syria, especially women and children rights in this period of civil war. He wrote many articles against the Fethullahist terror organization.[5]

Solution-Peace Process

He wrote and supported articles contributing to the Solution-Peace Process within the framework of general human rights. These articles received negative reactions from ultra-nationalists people.[6]

Deputy Minister of Ministry of Youth and Sports

He became Deputy Minister of Ministry of Youth and Sports on 18 December 2015.[7] He carried out important projects to encourage disabled athletes to sports during the period of Deputy Ministry of Youth and Sports.[8] He focused on the importance of representation of Turkish Down syndromed and autistic athletes in Paralympics.[9][10]

Political career

Justice and Development Party

Boynukalın was appointed as the President of the Justice and Development Party Youth Wing in September 2014, formally taking over from the previous President Zafer Çubukcu on 12 October 2014 after he was appointed as an advisor to the Prime Minister of Turkey.[11][12] Boynukalın became an AKP parliamentary candidate from Istanbul's 3rd electoral district and was elected at the June 2015 general election.[13]

Raid on Hürriyet headquarters

On the evening of September 6, 2015, about 200 AKP supporters attacked the headquarters of the Doğan Media Center, where the headquarters of the Hürriyet newspaper is located. Mob threw stones at the beginning of the building's windows, and the former President of Turkey, AKP leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan condemned the news about the Freedom of expression had Boynukalın.[14] After 16 Turkish soldiers were killed by Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militants in Dağlıca, Erdoğan was heavily criticized, claiming that the attack would never have happened if the AKP had won 400 seats in the June 2015 general elections. However, Hürriyet newspaper later made an apology for the news.[15] Boynukalin stated in the statement he made at that time that the protests had a democratic basis and that they had exceeded their purpose and apologized to the Hurriyet newspaper and argued that the reactions should be made on a democratic basis.[16]

[17] In the news written in that period, It also emerged that he was a critic of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk and had previously authored tweets in support for Abdullah Öcalan, the imprisoned leader of the PKK, on his Twitter account.[18][19] After the attack, Hürriyet took Boynukalın to court for vandalism, threatening individuals in order to create panic and fear, breaking and entering, inciting others to commit a crime and attempting to limit freedoms.[20] However, the prosecutor's office decided that there was no need to prosecute Boynukalın.

Supporting the Al-Nusra Front

In a tweet on May 26, 2013, Boynukalın wished "God help Al-Nusra Front" and voiced his pleasure to see "Nusra's fame spreading" in another tweet on Aug. 7, as the al-Qaeda-linked group made gains in the war in Syria.

Praising the head of another group listed as a terrorist organization by both Turkey and the United Kingdom, Boynukalın had also posted positive tweets about Abdullah Ocalan, the PKK's jailed leader. On March 21, 2013, he tweeted Ocalan's latest message at the time had "moved" him.[21]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Türkiye Büyük Millet Meclisi - Abdurrahim Boynukalın" [grand national assembly of turkey - Abdurrahim Boynukalın]. tbmm.gov.tr (in Turkish).
  2. ↑ "Abdurrahim Boynukalın Bakan yardımcısı oldu". CNN Türk (in Turkish).
  3. ↑ "AKPARTİ". akparti.org.tr. Retrieved 2015-09-07.
  4. ↑ "abdurrahim boynukalın ABDURRAHİM BOYNUKALIN abdurrahim boynukalin ABDURRAHIM BOYNUKALIN abdurrahim b". haberler.com. Retrieved 2015-09-07.
  5. ↑ Şafak, Yeni (19 October 2020). "Abdurrahim Boynukalın". Yeni Şafak (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 9 July 2017. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
  6. ↑ Şafak, Yeni (3 October 2013). "Ew Tirké Şét*". Yeni Şafak (in Turkish).
  7. ↑ "Boynukalın Bakan Yardımcısı oldu". Al Jazeera Turk - Ortadoğu, Kafkasya, Balkanlar, Türkiye ve çevresindeki bölgeden son dakika haberleri ve analizler (in Turkish).
  8. ↑ "Milli Ampute atlete anlamlı destek". Hürriyet (in Turkish).
  9. ↑ İçen, AA / Yunus. "Özel Sporcular Masa Tenisi 1 ve 2. Bölge Şampiyonası". Hürriyet (in Turkish).
  10. ↑ "Bakan Yardımcısı Boynukalın, Milli Takım kampını ziyaret etti". tbesf.org.tr.
  11. ↑ "AK Parti'de kan değişimi - Ahaber". ahaber.com.tr. Retrieved 2015-09-07.
  12. ↑ "AK Parti Gençlik Kolları Başkanı Abdurrahim Boynukalın oldu » Hasbahçe Gazetesi Sözün Gücü Vicdanın Sesi". hasbahcegazetesi.com. 2014-10-11. Retrieved 2015-09-07.
  13. ↑ "İSTANBUL 3. BÖLGE SEÇİM SONUÇLARI - 2015 GENEL SEÇİM SONUÇLARI". secim.haberler.com. Retrieved 2015-09-07.
  14. ↑ "Cumhuriyet Gazetesi - (Video) AKP'li milletvekili saldırının başında". cumhuriyet.com.tr. Retrieved 2015-09-07.
  15. ↑ "Hürriyet ve Erdoğan'ın '400 vekil' sözü". Hürriyet (in Turkish).
  16. ↑ "Boynukalın'dan Ahmet Hakan'a geçmiş olsun dileği". Sabah (in Turkish).
  17. ↑ "Cumhuriyet Gazetesi - "Şehit şehit" deyip Hürriyet'i basan AKP'li vekil bedelli çıktı". cumhuriyet.com.tr. Retrieved 2015-09-07.
  18. ↑ "AK Partili Abdurrahim Boynukalın'ın Twitter bombaları - Hürriyet Gündem". hurriyet.com.tr. Retrieved 2015-09-07.
  19. ↑ "Hürriyet'i basan vekil Abdurrahim Boynukalın Atatürk düşmanı çıktı" [The deputy Abdurrahim Boynukalın, who raiding on Hürriyet, came out an enemy to Atatürk] (in Turkish). sozcu.com.tr. Retrieved 2015-09-07.
  20. ↑ "Hürriyet'ten Abdurrahim Boynukalın hakkında suç duyurusu - Hürriyet Gündem". hurriyet.com.tr. Retrieved 2015-09-07.
  21. ↑ "Hurriyet Daily News - Tweets from AKP MP who took part in Hurriyet protest show he had supported Al-Nusra". hurriyetdailynews.com. Retrieved 2015-09-08.
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