Editing Mehmet Agar (section)

==Political Life==
In 1996, he served as Minister of Justice in the 53rd Government and as Minister of Interior within the 54th Government formed by the Welfare-Path Coalition. Ağar disapproved of Prime Minister Necmettin Erbakan's trip to Libya and resigned from his post on November 8, 1996, in protest of this decision. In the 1999 Turkish General Elections, Ağar was elected as an independent Member of Parliament from Elazığ with 68,540 votes.

The years he served as Director General of Security, Minister of Justice, and Minister of Interior were periods of intense anti-terrorism efforts. At the 7th Ordinary Congress of the DYP held on December 14-15, 2002, he was elected the leader of the True Path Party by securing an absolute majority in the first round. He was re-elected as leader with 1071 votes at the 8th Ordinary Grand Congress held on May 14-15, 2005.

Shortly after the results of the 2007 Turkish general elections began to be announced, around 7:30 PM, he announced his resignation from the party leadership through his press consultant, as it became clear that his party would not pass the election threshold. However, it was later stated that since he had not officially resigned, the party could not hold a congress to elect a new leader, and a written resignation letter was expected from him.