Lütfullah Kayalar is a Turkish

Turkey

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 lawyer from profession and politician, who served twice as government minister.

He graduated from the Law School of Ankara University

Ankara University

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 with a Bachelor of Laws

Bachelor of Laws

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 degree. He entered politics as a member of the Motherland Party

Motherland Party (Turkey)

The Motherland Party, was a political party in Turkey. It was founded in 1983 by Turgut Özal. It was merged to Democratic Party in October 2009...

, and was elected into the parliament as Deputy of Yozgat. Lütfullah Kayalar served in the cabinet of Turgut Özal

Turgut Özal

Halil Turgut Özal was Prime Minister of Turkey and President of Turkey . As Prime Minister, he transformed the economy of Turkey by paving the way for the privatization of many state enterprises.-Early life and career:...

 and later of Yıldırım Akbulut

Yildirim Akbulut

Yıldırım Akbulut is a Turkish politician, who was a leader of the Anavatan Partisi , a former Prime Minister of Turkey and twice the Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey.-Biography:...

 as Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Rural Affairs between 1989-1991, and in the cabinet of Mesut Yılmaz

Mesut Yilmaz

Ahmet Mesut Yılmaz is the former leader of the Motherland Party and was the Turkish prime minister in the 1990s.Mesut Yılmaz was a rising star in the Motherland Party of Turgut Özal, representing the Black Sea province of Rize in the parliament and serving as tourism minister in Ozal's cabinet...

 as Minister of Finance in 1996.

At the Motherland Party's 7th congress held on August 4-5, 2001 in Ankara, he ran for the party leadership against Mesut Ylmaz, however without success.

Before the 2007 general election

Turkish general election, 2007

Turkey's 16th general election was held on July 22, 2007 and resulted in a resounding victory for the incumbent Justice and Development Party...

, the two liberal parties, Democratic Party and the Motherland Party, he was a member of, wanted to merge in order to contest the elections as one party. However, as this intention failed, Lütfullah Kayalar left his party and entered on June 2, 2007 the Republican People's Party

Republican People's Party (Turkey)

The Republican People's Party is a centre-left Kemalist political party in Turkey. It is the oldest political party of Turkey and is currently Main Opposition in the Grand National Assembly. The Republican People's Party describes itself as "a modern social-democratic party, which is faithful to...

, a center-left party, accepting the invitation of its leader Deniz Baykal

Deniz Baykal

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