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)

 References 

Category:1954 births
Category:Living people
Category:Speakers of the Parliament of Turkey
Category:Prime ministers of Turkey
Category:21st-century prime ministers of Turkey