Binali Yıldırım is the current Minister of Transport of Turkey

Turkey

Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...

 and a MP for Istanbul

Istanbul

Istanbul , historically known as Byzantium and Constantinople , is the largest city of Turkey. Istanbul metropolitan province had 13.26 million people living in it as of December, 2010, which is 18% of Turkey's population and the 3rd largest metropolitan area in Europe after London and...

 of the ruling Justice and Development Party

Justice and Development Party (Turkey)

The Justice and Development Party , abbreviated JDP in English and AK PARTİ or AKP in Turkish, is a centre-right political party in Turkey. The party is the largest in Turkey, with 327 members of parliament...

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He was educated the Istanbul Technical University's School of Maritime

ITU School of Maritime

ITU School of Maritime is a faculty of the Istanbul Technical University in Turkey, which is dedicated to maritime science and technology.The history of the faculty dates back to the "Merchant Navy Boarding School" , which was established on December 5, 1884 at Heybeliada, Istanbul as a part of...

. After graduation, Yıldırım served as the director general of the Istanbul Fast Ferries Company

Ido

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 (İDO) when the current Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has been Prime Minister of Turkey since 2003 and is chairman of the ruling Justice and Development Party , which holds a majority of the seats in the Grand National Assembly of Turkey. Erdoğan served as Mayor of Istanbul from 1994 to 1998. He graduated in 1981 from Marmara...

 was mayor of Istanbul.

He entered politics and became a co-founder of the Justice and Development Party in August 2001.

During his term of transport minister, Turkey met with high-speed rail lines

High-speed rail in Turkey

The Turkish State Railways started building high-speed rail lines in 2003. The first section of the line, between Ankara and Eskişehir, was inaugurated on March 13, 2009...

. Under his leadership, Turkey constructed high-speed rail between Ankara-Eskişehir and Ankara-Konya. Also Eskisehir-Istanbul line is under construction to connect Istanbul and Ankara.

The project collapsed after the tragic derailment of a train in Pamukova

Pamukova

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, Sakarya Province

Sakarya Province

Sakarya Province is a province in Turkey, located on the coast of Black Sea. The river Sakarya creates a webbing of estuaries in the province....

 on July 22, 2004 during one of the first journeys between Istanbul and Eskişehir. Calls for Yıldırım's resignation followed this incident, however he ignored the calls.

His repeated appointment to the ministry was declared by Prime minister Erdoğan on July 6, 2011 with other members of the new cabinet

Cabinet Erdoğan III

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Binali Yıldırım is married with three children.