Berat Albayrak is a Turkish businessman and politician. He is the son-in-law of president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan through his marriage to Esra Erdoğan in 2004. Albayrak is a former CEO of Çalık Holding. He was a member of parliament from Istanbul in the 25th, 26th and 27th legislative sessions. He 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
Energy Minister Albayrak at the inauguration TANAP in Turkey, together with SOCAR CEO Abdullayev, Northern Cypriot President Akıncı, Azerbaijani President Aliyev, Turkish President Erdoğan, Ukrainian President Poroshenko and Serbian President Vučić
Minister Albayrak at the inauguration of TurkStream gas pipeline in 2018, together with President Erdogan and Russian President Vladimir Putin
The High-Level Economic Dialogue (HLED) between Turkey and European Union in February 2019 in Istanbul, co-chaired by Albayrak and European Commission Vice-president Jyrki Katainen
The Third Davutoğlu Cabinet is the 64th government of the Republic of Turkey. The government came into effect after the Justice and Development Party (AKP), led by Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu, won a parliamentary majority of 84 in the November 2015 general election with 317 seats in the Grand National Assembly and 49.5% of the vote.
64th cabinet of Turkey
Image: Ahmet Davutoglu cropped
Image: Yalçın Akdoğan
Image: Numan Kurtulmuş at Diyarbakır, 2021 (cropped)
