Cemil Çiçek (pronounced [dʒemil tʃitʃec]; born 15 November 1946) is a Turkish politician who was the Speaker of the Parliament of Turkey between 4 July 2011 and 7 June 2015.
[citation needed] He later became Minister for Energy and Natural Resources but was expelled from ANAP in 1997, upon which he joined the Islamic leaning Fazilet Party, which later evolved into the AKP.
Cemil Çiçek of the AKP became the new parliament speaker of Turkey in the third round of voting on 4 July 2011.
The AKP's second candidate, Zelkif Kazdal, received 23 votes and withdrew his nomination after the first round.
In his speech after his election, Çiçek appealed to the opposition parties that were boycotting Parliament to take their oaths.