Kutbettin Arzu

Kutbettin Arzu
Minister of Food, Agriculture and Livestock
In office
28 August 2015 – 17 November 2015
Prime MinisterAhmet Davutoğlu
Preceded byMehmet Mehdi Eker
Succeeded byFaruk Çelik
Member of the Grand National Assembly
In office
22 July 2007 – 12 June 2011
ConstituencyDiyarbakır (2007)
Personal details
Born
Kutbettin Arzu

(1955-04-01)1 April 1955
Diyarbakır, Turkey
Died30 August 2023(2023-08-30) (aged 68)
Yalova, Turkey
Political partyIndependent (de jure)
Justice and Development Party (AKP) (before 2015)
Alma materKaradeniz Technical University
OccupationPolitician
Cabinet63rd

Kutbettin Arzu (1 April 1955 – 30 August 2023) was a Turkish politician who served as the Minister of Food, Agriculture and Livestock in the interim election government formed by Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu between 28 August and 17 November 2015. He was a Justice and Development Party (AKP) politician, having served as a Member of Parliament for the electoral district of Diyarbakır between 2007 and 2011. He was the AKP's mayoral candidate for Diyarbakır in the 2009 local elections, but lost to the pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party (DTP).