Mukaddes Yusuf Nalbant

Public record

Compiled from publications and official records as of 23.10.2026. Every statement links to its source; claims made by others are marked as such, with who makes them. Quotations in English are our translation.

Corruption and scandals

• An official-housing flat under the compensatory scheme. 168 Chasa writes that the head of a directorate at the Ministry of Education, later a deputy minister, "също се сдобива по тази схема с изгоден ведомствен апартамент." (our translation: "also obtained a below-market official flat under this scheme"). "Той е 168 кв. м и тогава тя заяви, че с всички данъци и такси й е излязъл 55 хил. лв." (our translation: "It is 168 sq m and she then said that with all taxes and fees it cost her 55,000 leva"). According to the paper, the affair ended with a decision that the new owners return the flats or pay an extra 5,000 to 20,000 leva, but it never became clear whether anyone complied. — 168 Часа, 28.03.2019
• The chair of the anti-discrimination commission accuses her of trying to censor the lessons on Botev and Vazov. At a briefing, Ana Strashimirova said that the former deputy minister from the DPS quota, author of the commission's report on the texts of Bulgarian classics, "е искала да цензурира уроците за Ботев и Иван Вазов" (our translation: "wanted to censor the lessons on Botev and Ivan Vazov"); the study was uploaded to the website on 4 July 2012, eight days before a new commission was elected. Kemal Eyup, the project's leader and a former chair, replies that nobody would have thought of sanctioning the classics. On Darik radio Nalbant calls the reaction of education minister Sergey Ignatov "неадекватна" (our translation: "inadequate") and says his resignation would be good for him and for education; in an open letter she describes him as "обезличен" (our translation: "faceless"). "Абсолютно съм убедена, че ако Сергей Игнатов бъде честен пред съвестта си, е наясно, че аз не мога да кажа такова нещо за Ботев" (our translation: "I am absolutely convinced that if Sergey Ignatov is honest with his conscience, he knows that I could not say such a thing about Botev"), she adds. — 24rodopi.com, 17.08.2012, 24rodopi.com, 23.08.2012