Recep Akdağ Recep Akdağ Recep Akdağ (born 8 May 1960) is a Turkish physician and politician. He is a member of parliament for the province of Erzurum from the Justice and Development Party. He currently serves as the Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey since 19 July 2017, served as Minister of Health from 2016 to 2017, having previously served between 2002 and 2013. Akdağ was born on 8 May 1960 in Erzurum, the son of Yahya Akdağ and his wife Zekiye. He completed his primary and secondary education in Erzurum, and his high school education in Ankara at Atatürk High School. He
Turgut Alp Turgut Alp Turgut Alp was one of the early Gazis of the Ottoman Empire. He was also close friend of Ertuğrul Gazi and his son Osman Gazi. His tomb is located in the cemetery of Turgut Alp (Genci) Village. İnegöl,Turkey . The grave outside Ertugrul gazi turbesi is a honorary grace , not the real resting place. In 1877, during the Russo-Turkish War (1877-1878), a city was founded and named "Turgutalp" after him in the then Ottoman Empire by Muslim people from present day Bulgaria. The settlement was named as Turgutalp upon the suggestion of the sultan. In 1986, the