23 Facts About Berat Albayrak

Berat Albayrak is a Turkish businessman and politician, and the son-in-law of Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Berat Albayrak was a member of parliament from Istanbul in the 25th, 26th and 27th legislative sessions.

Berat Albayrak served as Minister of Energy and Natural Resources in the 64th and 65th government of Turkey and was the Minister of Finance and Treasury in the 66th government until his unexpected resignation on 8 November 2020 citing health reasons.

Berat Albayrak is a graduate of Ozel Fatih Koleji in Istanbul.

Berat Albayrak graduated from the business department of Istanbul University.

Berat Albayrak continued his education in New York City, where he earned a master's degree at Pace University's Lubin School of Business.

Berat Albayrak received a PhD degree from Kadir Has University in 2011.

Berat Albayrak received a PhD degree in the field of banking and finance with a dissertation about "Financing Renewable Energy Resources".

Berat Albayrak became the CEO in 2007, and was made director of various subsidiaries.

Berat Albayrak was the chairman of BTI Educational Institutions, which he founded in April 2014.

Berat Albayrak gave lectures on banking and finance at Marmara University, and wrote a column for daily newspaper Sabah from 2008 until 2015.

Berat Albayrak became a Member of Parliament for the ruling Justice and Development Party after the June 2015 Turkish general election.

At the 5th Ordinary Congress of the AK Party held on September 12,2015, Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu was re-elected party leader of the AKP, while Berat Albayrak was elected to the Central Decision Executive Board and became part of the party's management.

Berat Albayrak was re-elected as Member of Parliament in the November 2015 Turkish general election.

Berat Albayrak was reelected on 24 June 2018 to parliament under a new constitution.

In December 2015, Berat Albayrak had been accused by Russians and Eren Erdem, a member of the Grand National Assembly for the opposition Republican People's Party of allegedly having links to sale of oil by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant through Turkey.

The Independent reported that the emails showed that "Berat Albayrak had intimate knowledge of staffing and salary issues at Powertrans, a company which was controversially given a monopoly on the road and rail transportation of oil into the country from Iraqi Kurdistan", adding that "Turkish media reported in 2014 and 2015 that Powertrans has been accused of mixing in oil produced by Isis in neighbouring Syria and adding it to local shipments which eventually reached Turkey".

Berat Albayrak had previously denied that he had any connection to Powertrans.

Consequently, Berat Albayrak had to resign from his position as deputy as the current Turkish constitution does not allow MPs to be ministers.

In 2020, Berat Albayrak launched the '1 million software developer' project, a campaign to train at least a million software developers in a project assisted with online courses.

Berat Albayrak announced on his official Instagram account on 8 November 2020 that he had resigned from the ministry of treasury and finance, citing his health problems and wishing to spend time with his family.

In 2019, minister Berat Albayrak was gifted with Trabzonspor's new season jersey during his visit to Trabzon.

Fenerbahce fans shouted slogans during a match of Fenerbahce, calling on Berat Albayrak to quit his post.