Dr. Osman Aşkın Bak
Minister of Youth and Sports, Republic of Türkiye
A mechanical engineer, senior executive and academic member who graduated from the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at Istanbul Technical University. He obtained his master’s degree in Business Administration and Industrial Engineering at Nottingham University in England, and his doctorate from the Industrial Engineering Programme at the Institute of Science of Istanbul Technical University.
He served as a member of the Board of Directors of the Foreign Economic Relations Council and the Turkish-Iran Business Council Executive Board. He worked as a Member of Council at the Istanbul Chamber of Commerce. He held various positions including general secretary and chair at several sports clubs, and management board membership, board membership, general assembly delegation and chair positions at federations. He has numerous articles and scientific publications.
In the 24th term, he was elected Member of Parliament for Istanbul, and in the 25th, 26th and 27th terms for Rize. He was a member of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly Turkish Group and served as Spokesman of the Foreign Affairs Commission. He chaired the Commission for the Investigation of Combating Doping. In the 65th Government, he served as Minister of Youth and Sports.
Bak is fluent in English and has intermediate knowledge of German and Farsi. He is married with four children.
