İhsan Özkes
Turkish statesperson (born 1957)
İhsan Özkes (born 1 August 1957) is a Turkish politician, and cleric.
Early life and education
Özkes was born on 1 August 1957 in Çorum, Turkey. He graduated from Ankara İmam Hatip Lisesi in 1976 and served as an imam in Alaca for some time. In 1981, he graduated from İstanbul Yüksek İslam Enstitüsü (Night section) Tafsir-Hadith in first place. During higher education, he served as a Qur'an teacher in Beyoğlu. He holds a master's degree in Hadith from Al-Azhar University.
Career
In 1981, he was assigned as the mufti of Gerze. During 1983–1985, he served as the Mufti of Sorgun, Yozgat. He was sent to Egypt by Diyanet İşleri Başkanlığı for a period of two years during when he earned master's degree in Hadith from Al-Azhar University in Cairo. In 1987, he was appointed as the Mufti of Akçakoca, Bolu.
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