Fatih Erbakan

Muhammed Ali Fatih Erbakan (born January 1, 1979, Ankara) is a Turkish engineer and politician who is the founder and leader of the Islamic fundamentalist New Welfare Party (YRP). A son of Necmettin Erbakan, the former Prime Minister of Turkey who led the YRP's predecessor, the Welfare Party, he is the President of the Necmettin Erbakan Foundation. Early life Fatih Erbakan was born on 1 January 1979 in Ankara, the capital city of Turkey. He completed his secondary education at an İmam Hatip institution and his high school education at Ankara Ayrancı High School. He graduated from Başkent University in the field of electrical engineering. He went to England to continue his higher education in pursuit of a Master's degree, but returned to Turkey in 2005 when his mother, Nermin Erbakan, died. He later got his Master's degree from Başkent University. He completed his doctorate in management and organization at the same university. Political career Virtue Party and Felicity Party By 1999, Erbakan was a member of the Virtue Party. After its dissolution by the Constitutional Court of Turkey, the Felicity Party was founded, which Erbakan joined. He was on the Board of the Headquarters Youth Branch, remaining in the party until the 5th Ordinary Congress in 2014.