Mehmet Ağar

Mehmet Kemal Ağar (born on 30 October 1951) is a Turkish former police chief, politician, government minister and leader of the Democratic Party. He was a police officer who rose to General Director of the General Directorate of Security (effectively national police chief), serving from 1993 to 1995, before entering parliament and serving as a government minister in 1996. After being sentenced to several years in prison for criminal activities relating to the Susurluk scandal, he was released on probation in April 2013.

Mehmet Ağar
Minister of Interior
In office
June 26, 1996  November 8, 1996
Prime MinisterNecmettin Erbakan
Preceded byÜlkü Güney
Succeeded byMeral Akşener
Minister of Justice
In office
March 6, 1996  June 29, 1996
Prime MinisterMesut Yılmaz
Preceded byFiruz Çilingiroğlu
Succeeded byŞevket Kazan
Personal details
Born (1951-10-30) October 30, 1951
Çankaya, Ankara, Turkey
Political partyTrue Path Party (DYP)
RelationsTolga Ağar (children)
Alma materAnkara University
OccupationPolitician
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