Prof. Nabi AVCI

Category: Red Apple State Award

Prof. Nabi AVCI|Minister of National Education of the Republic of Turkey

He was born in 1953 in Bilecik, Turkey. He graduated from the Faculty of Administrative Sciences - Middle East Technical University. He completed his Ph.D. in Communication Sciences at Anadolu University. He started his career in the Ministry of Culture as a civil servant in 1974. He became an academician at the Faculty of Communication Sciences during the establishment of Anadolu University. He also served as Advisor to the Prime Minister's Office and the Ministry of National Education. He became professor of Faculty of Communication at Istanbul Bilgi University in 2000. He was appointed as Prime Minister's Senior Advisor in 2003. He was the president of Turkish National Commission for UNESCO. He was the Chairman of Education, Culture, Youth and Sports Commission of Turkey's National Assembly before he was appointed as the Minister of National Education in 2013.