Sadık Yakut

Sadık Yakut (born 3 February 1956) is a former Turkish politician from the Justice and Development Party (AKP) who served as the Deputy Speaker of the Grand National Assembly from 2002 to 2007 and again from 2009 to 2015.

He graduated from Istanbul University Faculty of Law and served as a prosecutor in the districts of Halfeti, Çamardı and Savaştepe and later in the provinces of Giresun and Ankara.

Yakut entered Parliament as a member of the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) in the 1999 general election as an MP for Kayseri.

Yakut became the Deputy Speaker of the Grand National Assembly after the AKP's victory in the 2002 general election, during which he was re-elected as an MP for Kayseri.

He served until 2007 and was re-elected as an MP in the 2007 general election, returning to his role as Deputy Speaker in 2009.