Cezmi Kartay
Cezmi Kartay | |
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Born | 1920 SODEP SHP |
Cezmi Kartay (1920 – 10 August 2008) was a Turkish civil servant and politician.
Early life
Kartay was born in
, he was also the acting mayor of the city for four years.Kartay and CHP
After the coup of 1980, the activities of Republican People's Party (Turkish: Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi (CHP), which is usually credited as the founder of Turkish republic in 1923, were suspended by the military rule so called National Security Council (MGK). But the party was not closed, and Cezmi Kartay was appointed as the trustee of the party. On 16 October 1981 however, the party, like other parties, was closed by the MGK.
Kartay and SODEP
After a year and half, the MGK decided to allow the formation of new parties with severe restrictions. According to instructions, the new parties were not allowed to use the names of the former parties and senior politicians were not allowed to be the charter member of the new parties. Furthermore, the MGK had the power of rejecting the founders. This gave the MGK a privilege to limit the number of parties that would attend the coming parliamentary elections.
One of the new parties was
Kartay and SHP
Two years later SODEP merged with another party to form Social Democrat People's Party (Turkish: Sosyal Demokrat Halkçı Parti). In SHP also, Cezmi Kartay served as a vice chairman for one term. In 1988 he acted as a moderator between Erdal İnönü and Deniz Baykal, the leader of intraparty opposition.[2]
Later years
In later years, he did not participate in active politics. He died on 10 August 2008, in İzmit, and was laid to rest at the Karşıyaka Cemetery following the religious funeral service held at Kocatepe Mosque.[3][4]
Works
References
- ISBN 975-7119-06-7, pg.307
- ^ Beşiktaş youth branch of CHP p.108 (in Turkish)[permanent dead link]
- ^ Hürriyet newspaper (11.8.2008)
- ^ "Sol, Kartay'ın Cenazesinde Buluştu". Milliyet (in Turkish). 2008-08-14. Retrieved 2013-10-22.