Binali Yıldırım MP
Prime Minister of Turkey
In office 24 May 2016 – 9 July 2018
President	Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Deputy	Nurettin Canikli Mehmet Şimşek Numan Kurtulmuş Tuğrul Türkeş Veysi Kaynak
Preceded by	Ahmet Davutoğlu
Succeeded by	Vice President of Turkey
Leader of the Justice and Development Party
Incumbent
Assumed office 22 May 2016
Preceded by	Ahmet Davutoğlu
Minister of Transport, Maritime and Communication
In office 24 November 2015 – 24 May 2016
Prime Minister	Ahmet Davutoğlu
Deputy	Yüksel Coşkunyürek
Preceded by	Feridun Bilgin
Succeeded by	Ahmet Arslan
In office 1 November 2011 – 25 December 2013
Prime Minister	Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Deputy	Yahya Baş (2012–13)
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Lütfi Elvan
Minister of Transport
In office 6 July 2011 – 1 November 2011
Prime Minister	Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Preceded by	Habip Soluk
Succeeded by	Position abolished
In office 29 August 2007 – 8 March 2011
Prime Minister	Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Preceded by	İsmet Yılmaz
Succeeded by	Habip Soluk
In office 18 November 2002 – 8 May 2007
Prime Minister	Abdullah Gül Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Preceded by	Naci Kınacıoğlu
Succeeded by	İsmet Yılmaz
Member of the Grand National Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 November 2015
Constituency	İzmir (I) (Nov 2015)
In office 3 November 2002 – 7 June 2015
Constituency	İstanbul (I) (2002) Erzincan (2007) İzmir (II) (2011)
Personal details
Born	(1954-12-20) 20 December 1954 (age 70) Refahiye, Turkey
Political party	Justice and Development Party
Spouse(s)	Semiha Yıldırım ​ (m. 1975)​
Children	Ahmet Büşra Erkan
Alma mater	İstanbul Technical University World Maritime University
Signature
Website	binaliyildirim.com.tr

Binali Yıldırım (born 20 December 1954) is a Turkish politician who was the 27th Prime Minister of Turkey and the leader of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) from May 2016 to 2018. He was the Minister of Transport, Maritime and Communication from 2002 to 2013 and again between 2015 and 2016. Between 2014 and 2015, he served as Senior Advisor to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

Yıldırım has been awarded honorary doctorates by many Turkish universities, the World Maritime University, Malmö and the Technical University of Berlin.^[1]

2006

• Honorary Doctorate by the Girne American University, Kyrenia, Northern Cyprus (20 July)

2009

• Honorary Doctorate by the Ondokuz Mayıs University, Samsun (19 June)

2010

• Honorary Doctorate by the Cumhuriyet University, Sivas (7 May)
• Honorary Doctorate by the Bozok University, Yozgat (29 September)

2011

• Honorary Doctorate by the Anadolu University, Eskişehir (28 February)
• Honorary Doctorate by the Erzincan University (12 September)
• Honorary Doctorate by the Kırklareli University (20 September)
• Honorary Doctorate by the Technical University of Berlin (23 December)

2012

• Honorary Doctorate by the Pamukkale University, Denizli (6 June)
• Honorary Doctorate by the World Maritime University, Malmö (2 December)

2013

• Honorary Doctorate by the Okan University, Istanbul (22 March)

2019

• Honorary Doctorate by the Yalova University, Yalova (11 October)^[2]

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