Binali Yıldırım

**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.

## Awards and honours

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

- 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)

## Infobox (officeholder)

- **name**: Binali Yıldırım
- **office**: Prime Minister of Turkey
- **honorific-suffix**: Member of Parliament#Turkey, MP
- **image**: Binali Yıldırım headshot (cropped).jpg
- **deputy**: Nurettin Canikli
Mehmet Şimşek
Numan Kurtulmuş
Tuğrul Türkeş
Veysi Kaynak
- **predecessor**: Ahmet Davutoğlu
- **president**: Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
- **successor**: Vice President of Turkey
- **signature**: Binali Yıldırım imzası.png
- **deputy2**: Yüksel Coşkunyürek
- **office2**: Ministry of Transport, Maritime and Communication (Turkey), Minister of Transport, Maritime and Communication
- **predecessor2**: Feridun Bilgin
- **primeminister2**: Ahmet Davutoğlu
- **successor2**: Ahmet Arslan (politician), Ahmet Arslan
- **party**: Justice and Development Party (Turkey), Justice and Development Party
- **office1**: Justice and Development Party (Turkey)#Party leaders, Leader of the Justice and Development Party
- **predecessor1**: Ahmet Davutoğlu
- **birth place**: Refahiye, Turkey
- **children**: Ahmet
Büşra
Erkan
- **alma mater**: ITU School of Maritime, İstanbul Technical University
World Maritime University
- **term start**: 24 May 2016
- **term end**: 9 July 2018
- **term start1**: 22 May 2016
- **term start2**: 24 November 2015
- **term end2**: 24 May 2016
- **primeminister3**: Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
- **term start3**: 1 November 2011
- **term end3**: 25 December 2013
- **deputy3**: Yahya Baş (2012–13)
- **predecessor3**: Position established
- **successor3**: Lütfi Elvan
- **office4**: Ministry of Transport, Maritime and Communication (Turkey), Minister of Transport
- **primeminister4**: Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
- **term start4**: 6 July 2011
- **term end4**: 1 November 2011
- **predecessor4**: Habip Soluk
- **successor4**: Position abolished
- **primeminister5**: Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
- **term start5**: 29 August 2007
- **term end5**: 8 March 2011
- **predecessor5**: İsmet Yılmaz
- **successor5**: Habip Soluk
- **primeminister6**: Abdullah Gül
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
- **term start6**: 18 November 2002
- **term end6**: 8 May 2007
- **predecessor6**: Naci Kınacıoğlu
- **successor6**: İsmet Yılmaz
- **term start7**: 1 November 2015
- **constituency7**: İzmir (electoral districts), İzmir İzmir (1st electoral district), (I) (Turkish general election, November 2015, Nov 2015)
- **term start8**: 3 November 2002
- **term end8**: 7 June 2015
- **constituency8**: İstanbul (electoral districts), İstanbul İstanbul (1st electoral district), (I) (Turkish general election, 2002, 2002)
Erzincan (electoral district), Erzincan (Turkish general election, 2007, 2007)
İzmir (electoral districts), İzmir İzmir (2nd electoral district), (II) (Turkish general election, 2011, 2011)