Mehmet Ali Şahin
Mehmet Ali Şahin is a Turkish politician. He was the Speaker of the Parliament of Turkey from 2009 to 2011.
He was a member of the parliament for three terms from Istanbul Province and from Antalya Province of the ruling Justice and Development Party. He served as Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Justice, and as Minister of State responsible for sports.
Şahin is a lawyer and a graduate of Istanbul University faculty of law. Before entering parliament, he was involved in regional politics, serving as the mayor of Fatih district in Istanbul, with the Welfare Party, and later with Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's Justice and Development Party.
On 5 August 2009, he was elected in a third round of voting as the 24th Speaker of the Turkish Grand National Assembly, succeeding his party colleague Köksal Toptan.
