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Hayati Yazıcı (born May 23, 1952 in Çayeli, Rize Province) is a Turkish lawyer and politician. He is currently Turkey's Minister of Customs and Trade.
Biography
Hayati Yazıcı graduated in 1975 from the School of Law at Istanbul University. Starting of 1976, he served as a judge in the Istanbul Court of justice. In 1984, he quit his post to begin a career as freelance lawyer registered with Istanbul Bar.
A co-founder of the Justice and Development Party, he is Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's lawyer and vice-chairman of the Party. Hayati Yazıcı entered the parliament in 2002 as deputy of Istanbul Province, and was later appointed Deputy Prime Minister, responsible for the coordination between the government and the parliament.
Hayati Yazıcı is married and father of two children.