Mehmet Mehdi Eker is a Turkish politician who served as the Minister of Food, Agriculture and Livestock of Turkey from 2005 until 2015.

[1][2] He was elected a Member of Parliament for the electoral district of Diyarbakır for Democratic People's Party in 2002.

[3] He was re-elected in 2007[4] and 2011[5] for the Justice and Development Party (AKP).

[6] A veterinarian and agro-economist he had a career as a civil servant in the ministry of agriculture before entering politics at the age of 46.

As minister of Agriculture he has had to deal with issues including: