Murat Kurum

Turkish politician (born 1976)

Murat Kurum


Minister of Environment, Urbanisation and Climate Change
In office 10 July 2018 – 4 June 2023
President	Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Preceded by	Mehmet Özhaseki
Succeeded by	Mehmet Özhaseki
Member of the Grand National Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 7 June 2023
Constituency	Istanbul (I) (2023)

Personal details
Born	(1976-05-07) 7 May 1976 (age 48) Çankaya, Ankara, Turkey
Political party	Justice and Development Party
Spouse	Şengül Kurum (m. 2000)
Children	3
Education	Selçuk University
Occupation	Politician, engineer

Murat Kurum (born 7 May 1976) is a Turkish engineer, a member of parliament for the electoral district of Istanbul and former minister of Environment and Urbanization from July 2018 to June 2023.

Early life

Murat Kurum was born on May 7, 1976, in Çankaya, Ankara, to Mehmet Kurum of Karapınar, Konya and Satı Kurum of Belpınar, Kızılcahamam, Ankara.^[1] His father, Mehmet, was a civil servant at the Ministry of Public Works and Housing, the predecessor to the ministry where Murat would later be appointed to as the minister. His mother, Satı, was a housewife.^[2]

Murat Kurum briefly attended Atatürk Primary School in Mardin before moving back to Ankara to finish his primary education at Seyranbağları Primary School. He was then educated at Kocatepe Mimar Kemal High School in Ankara. Kurum later entered the Turkish university entrance exam where he gained admission to a food engineering program. However, he retook the exam the following year to study construction engineering.^[3]

He graduated from Selçuk University in 1999 with an engineering degree in construction. Kurum later compleded his master's degree with a thesis on urban transformation from Okan University in 2017.^[4]

Career

Between 1999 and 2005, he worked as an engineer, site manager and coordinator in various private organizations operating in the field of construction.

Between 2005 and 2006, he worked as an expert at the Mass Housing Development Administration Ankara Implementation Department. Between 2006 and 2009, he worked as the European Side Implementation Branch Manager of TOKİ Istanbul Implementation Department Emlak Konut GYO A.Ş., a subsidiary of TR Prime Ministry Mass Housing Administration, since 2009. He served as General Manager and member of the board of directors. He was appointed as the Minister of Environment and Urbanization on July 10, 2018.

On January 7, 2024 it was announced that Kurum would be running for the position of Mayor of Istanbul.^[5]^[6]

Personal life

Kurum is married and has three children.^[7]

References

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^ "Murat KURUM". muratkurum.com. Archived from the original on January 9, 2024. Retrieved January 9, 2024.
^ "Murat Kurum kimdir, nereli? Murat Kurum biyografisi". Pusula Haber (in Turkish). May 22, 2021. Archived from the original on January 27, 2024. Retrieved January 27, 2024.
^ YetkinReport (January 7, 2024). "AK Parti İstanbul adayı Murat Kurum". Yetkin Report (in Turkish). Retrieved January 8, 2024.
^ "AK Parti'nin İstanbul adayı Murat Kurum". NTV (in Turkish). Archived from the original on January 7, 2024. Retrieved January 8, 2024.
^ "Murat KURUM - T.C. Çevre ve Şehircilik Bakanlığı". csb.gov.tr.