Vedat Işıkhan

Turkish politician (born 1966)

Vedat Işıkhan


Minister of Labour and Social Security
Incumbent
Assumed office 4 June 2023 (2023-06-04)
President	Recep Tayyip Erdogan
Preceded by	Vedat Bilgin

Personal details
Born	(1966-01-20) 20 January 1966 (age 58) Mardin, Turkey
Political party	AK Party
Alma mater	Hacettepe University
Occupation	Politician

Vedat Işıkhan (born 20 January 1966) is a Turkish politician and professor. He is the minister of labour and social security, Turkey.^[1] He was born in Artuklu, Mardin into a ethnically Kurdish family.^[2]

Education

Işıkhan received all of his primary and secondary education in Izmir, the proceeded to earn a bachelor’s degree, master’s degree, a PhD from Hacettepe University. In 2009, Işıkhan received his professorship title having become an associate professor in 2003. His specialities were on stress management, social works, and social policies.^[3]

Career

In 2012, Işıkhan was the coordinator for the ministry of family and social policies ASDEP program. Between 2015 and 2018, Işıkhan served as AK party’s presidential academic adviser on social policies. He was then appointed to the presidential social policies board on 8 October 2018.^[4]

Işıkhan started his career as a social work departmental staff, Faculty of economics and administrative sciences at Hacettepe University. He headed the department for 3 years after working as the deputy director of the University’s family services application centre, He also served as the deputy dean of the faculty.^[5]^[6]

Işıkhan became the deputy chairman of the presidential social policy board on 17 December 2021, and continues to be a faculty staff member at Hacettepe University.^[1]

Following President Erdogan’s victory at the 2023 Turkey presidential elections, Işıkhan was appointed minister of labor and social security. He succeeded Vedat Bilgin in the post.^[7]

References

^ ^a ^b "Vedat Işıkhan". Presidency of Turkey.
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^ "Vedat Işıkhan kimdir? Yeni Çalışma ve Sosyal Güvenlik Bakanı Vedat Işıkhan oldu". ekkonomist.com.tr. Retrieved 4 June 2023.
^ "Who is Vedat Işıkhan, the new Minister of Labour and Social Security, how old is he and where is he from?". raillynews.com. Retrieved 4 June 2023.
^ "Vedat Işıkhan Biyografisi". haberler.com. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
^ "Vedat Bilgin yerine gelen Çalışma ve Sosyal Güvenlik Bakanı Vedat Işıkhan kimdir?". tv5.com.tr. Retrieved 3 June 2023.