Agah Oktay Güner

Agah Oktay Güner (21 June 1937 – 8 September 2025) was a Turkish journalist and politician who held various cabinet posts and served in different parties, including Nationalist Movement Party, Motherland Party and True Path Party.

Early life and education Güner was born in Bayburt in 1937. He graduated from Konya High School. He received a degree in law from Ankara University and obtained his PhD in economics from the University of Paris. He worked at different public institutions. In the 41st government he was the minister of commerce between 21 July 1977 and 5 January 1978.

Views Güner was among the critics of the language simplification carried out by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk in 1926. After Güner was released from prison he stated "we are in prison, yet our ideology is in government" referring to both his colleagues who were still in the prison and the Turkish government which had been implementing nationalist policies closely similar to those of the National Movement Party.

Güner was one of the followers of the Rifaʽi order.

Personal life Güner was married and had five children.