Abdülkadir Aksu

Abdülkadir Aksu ( ; ; born 1944, Diyarbakır) is a Turkish politician from Diyarbakır. He is of Kurdish origin.

He is a member of the Community of İskenderpaşa, a Turkish sufi community of Naqshbandi tariqah.

Early life and education He attended high school in Diyarbakır and in 1968 graduated with a degree in political sciences from the Ankara University. During his time at the university he became a member of the Free Thought Club which was as a counterweight to the Socialist Thought Club. He became the Minister of the Interior in 1989 in the Government of Turgut Özal which he stayed also through the Government of Yilidirm Akbulut. During his membership in the ANAP, he was a prominent advocate of Özals conciliatory policies dubbed as the "Politics of Four Inclinations". He then left the Motherland Party, and joined the Welfare Party (RP), for which he served as a member of the administrative board. and became its party vice-chair in replacement of Dengir Mir Mehmet Firat in 2008. In May 2019 he was assigned the post of the chair of the state-owned Vakifbank.

Personal life He is married and is the father of two children.