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Mehmet Mehdi Eker is a Turkish politician who served as the Minister of Food, Agriculture and Livestock of Turkey from 2005 to 2015. He was a Member of Parliament for the electoral district of Diyarbakır from the Justice and Development Party (AKP) between 2002 and 2015. 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: * The bird flu epidemic of 2005, in which he made a statement that it was safe to eat cooked chicken and then famously refused to do so on television.〔(Milliyet İnternet - Yaşam )〕 * Adjusting food control regulations to comply with EU norms, including recategorising pork and horse meat as suitable for human consumption.〔(Milliyet İnternet - Ekonomi )〕 ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mehmet Mehdi Eker」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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