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Yıldız Technical University.
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Habip Soluk
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As the Undersecretary to the Ministry of Transport, Maritime and Communication, he took over as Minister from Justice and Development Party politician Binali Yıldırım three months before the 2011 general election as required by Article 114 of the Turkish Constitution. Soluk graduated from Yıldız Technical University as a mechanical engineer, working in the maritime sector in numerous positions. At one point, he became the Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Ministry of Posts, Telegraphs & Telephones, France, the Turkish state postal service.
He was made the deputy Undersecretary of the Transport, Maritime and Communication Ministry, taking over as Undersecretary after his predecessor İbrahim Şahin became the General Director of the Turkish Radio and Television Corporation (TRT).
Soluk became the, Maritime and Communication on 8 March 2011, three months before the 2011 general election, as required by Article 114 of the Turkish Constitution. He served until Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan formed his third government on 6 July, having been re-elected for a third term.
Soluk was both preceded and succeeded by Binali Yıldırım. After serving as the, Soluk continued to serve as the Undersecretary to the Ministry until 2014, when he retired.
In 2015, he applied to become a Justice and Development Party candidate from the electoral district of Sivas, his hometown, but failed to secure nomination.
Politics
He is, formally, of no political affiliation, though this was proven to be untrue when he applied to become a Justice and Development Party (AKP) parliamentary candidate for the June 2015 general election.
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