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Abdul Ahat Andijan (b. April 1, 1951, Afghanistan) is a Turkish doctor, politician and writer.

Biography
He was born in Kunduz, Afghanistan in 1951 to an immigrant family from Uzbekistan. His father's name was Hacı Yoldaş and his mother's name was Bibi Hacire. He immigrated to Turkey with his family in 1953 and his family settled in Akşehir. After completing his primary and secondary education in Akşehir, he entered Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine in 1968 and became a doctor in 1974. After completing his military service, he joined Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine as an assistant in the Department of General Surgery. In 1980, he continued his academic career as a General Surgery Specialist, in 1984 as an Associate Professor and in 1991 as a Professor. He specialized in General Surgery at the same Faculty. In 1984, with the efforts of Ahat Andican and his friends, the Cultural and Social Aid Association of Turkistanis, which was closed after the September 12 coup, was re-established, and Ahat Andican was elected as the president of the association. He served as the Head of the Department of General Surgery and Faculty Member at Istanbul University Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine. Between 2003 and 2016, he was a member of the Board of Trustees of Okan University.

In the 20th and 21st terms, he was elected as an Istanbul deputy from the Motherland Party. In the 55th Government, he served as the Minister of State and Government Spokesperson. In the June 2015 general elections in Turkey, he ran as an MP candidate for Istanbul 2nd district from MHP, but he could not be elected. He joined the IYI Party. On June 24, 2018, he was elected as an Istanbul deputy in the general elections. On July 8, 2018, he was elected as the IYI Party Group Chairman of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey and resigned from his position as the group chairman on November 8, 2018. There is a middle school named after him in Başakşehir, Istanbul.

On June 12, 2023, he resigned from the IYI Party.

Andican is married and has 2 children.

Books

 * "The Turkic World in the Process of Change"
 * "Turkestan Struggle from Jadidism to Independence"
 * "Emir Timur - History, Politics, Legacy"
 * "Turkey and Central Asia from the Ottoman Empire to the Present"