) is a Turkish

Turkish people

Turkish people, also known as the "Turks" , are an ethnic group primarily living in Turkey and in the former lands of the Ottoman Empire where Turkish minorities had been established in Bulgaria, Cyprus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Greece, Kosovo, Macedonia, and Romania...

 politician and the former leader of Felicity Party (SP).

Biography

Kutan graduated from Istanbul Technical University

Istanbul Technical University

Istanbul Technical University is an international technical university located in Istanbul, Turkey. It is the world's third oldest technical university dedicated to engineering sciences as well as social sciences recently, and is one of the most prominent educational institutions in Turkey...

, Department of Civil Engineering in 1952. Until 1973, he worked as an engineer in various projects including the Southeastern Anatolia Project (GAP). His political career started 1973 in National Salvation Party

National Salvation Party

The National Salvation Party was an Islamist political party in Turkey founded on 11 October 1972 as the successor of the banned National Order Party . The party was led by Necmettin Erbakan...

 and after 1983 he served in Welfare Party

Welfare Party

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. He was Minister of Energy in 1996 in a coalition led by Welfare Party.

At the 3rd party congress held on October 26, 2008 in Ankara, he did not run for his re-election as the leader of the Felicity Party, and was succeeded by Numan Kurtulmuş

Numan Kurtulmuş

Prof. Dr. Numan Kurtulmuş is a Turkish politician.- His family :Numan Kurtulmuş comes from a prominent Turkish family with a scholarly heritage and impeccable reputation. He is the grandson of the author of a book entitled A Commentary on "I believed in"...

.