Vural Arıkan

Arıkan joined the General Directorate of Treasury in 1953.^[3] He began to work as an assistant financial inspector in 1953.^[2] He was the assistant accounting specialist from 1953 to 1956 and the accounting specialist between 9 November 1956 and 1959 at the Ministry of Finance.^[2][3] He left the ministry on 28 November 1959 and worked as a lawyer.^[2]

Arıkan started his political career in 1983 when he was involved in the establishment of the Motherland Party.^[1] Businessman Şarık Tara introduced him to the party.^[4] The same year Arıkan won a seat for the Motherland Party from İzmir in the general election and became a member of the Parliament during the 17th term.^[1] He was appointed minister of finance to the cabinet led by Prime Minister Turgut Özal on 13 December 1983.^[1] He replaced Adnan Başer Kafaoğlu in the post.^[3] Arıkan was described by the Turkish press as one of two liberal cabinet members.^[5] The other one was Deputy Prime Minister Kaya Erdem.^[5] Arıkan's tenure ended on 26 October 1984 when he was removed from office upon the request of Kenan Evren, military president.^[1] His successor was Ahmet Kurtcebe Alptemoçin.^[3]

In May 1985 Arıkan left the Motherland Party.^[6] On 19 March 1986 he established a political party named Citizen's Party.^[1] It dissolved itself on 2 December 1986, and Arıkan joined the True Path Party.^[7]

In 1994 Recep Tayyip Erdoğan claimed that Vural Arıkan was drunk when he was serving at the Parliament.^[8] Türkan Arıkan, sister of Vural Arıkan, sued him for compensation in 2001 and won the case in January 2004.^[8] She donated the 5 billion Turkish lira compensation to the Turkish army and Turkish Education Foundation.^[8]

Arıkan was married and had one child.^[3] He had a good command of French and German.^[2] He died on 3 August 1993.^[1][3]