Yasin Aktay


Yasin Aktay is a deputy chairman of the AK Party and head of the Turkish Group of Inter-Parliamentarian Union. He is also known as one of the chief aides to the Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Before assuming this role, he served as a spokesman for the party. Aktay is fluent in English and Arabic. He was elected as the deputy of Siirt in the 25th term.

Academic career

Aktay is a sociologist at Selçuk University in Konya. He has authored several books related to political Islam.