Nevzat Yalçıntaş

Nevzat Yalçıntaş (1933–2016) was a Turkish economist, academic and conservative politician. He worked at Ankara University and Istanbul University. He headed a conservative think entitled Intellectuals' Hearth from 1988 to 1998. He served at the Parliament for two terms: from 1999 to 2002 and from 2007 and 2011.

Early life and education Yalçıntaş was born in Keskin in 1933 He had nine siblings.

Yalçıntaş was active in the Turkish National Student Union. He served as a member of the European Migrant Workers Board between 1973 and 1975.

Yalçıntaş was the president of the Research and Training Institute of the Islamic Development Bank based in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, between 1982 and 1986 and the chief counselor and then chairman of the Advisory Board of the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey (TOBB) between 1986 and 1990. One of his mentors in this ideology was Korkut Özal.

Personal life and death Yalçıntaş was married and had two children. He was fluent in French, English and Arabic.

Yalçıntaş died of heart attack in Çatalca, Istanbul, on 15 July 2016 at the age of 83. After the funeral prayer at Fatih Mosque he was buried in New Topkapı Cemetery, Istanbul, on 17 July.