Korkut Özal

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Korkut Özal
Istanbul
(1995)
In office
14 October 1973 – 12 September 1980
ConstituencyErzurum (1973 , 1977)
Personal details
Born(1929-05-29)29 May 1929
Malatya, Turkey
Died2 November 2016(2016-11-02) (aged 87)
Istanbul, Turkey
Children5
RelativesÖzal family

Korkut Özal (29 May 1929 – 2 November 2016) was a Turkish engineer and politician.[1][2] He was the brother of Turkish President Turgut Özal and Yusuf Bozkurt Özal [tr]. His cause of death in 2016 are respiratory and circulatory failure.[3]

Academic career

Korkut Özal studied at the Faculty of Civil Engineering at Istanbul Technical University. He then completed his postgraduate studies in the United States between 1956 and 1957. He became a teacher at the Middle East Technical University after returning to Turkey.[4] In 1965, he was awarded a professorship and became a lecturer at the State Academy of Architecture and Engineering.

Early political career

Özal entered politics through the National Salvation Party; he was elected as the party's deputy for Erzurum in the 1973 and 1977 elections. In 1974, he worked as the Minister of Food, Agriculture, and Livestock in the CHP-MSP coalition government, and later in the First Nationalist Front Government established in 1975.[4] He served as the Interior Minister Second Nationalist Front cabinet in 1977 for six months.[5] Shortly after the 1980 Turkish coup d'état Korkut Özal suffered a traffic accident on September 25, 1980, and withdrew from politics.[6]

Later political life

His brother,

Anasol-D government and resigned from the Motherland Party on August 13, 1997.[6] He joined the newly established Democratic Party and was elected president of the party at the Democratic Party Congress on 28 September 1997. On March 22, 2001, he left the chairmanship of the Democratic Party.[8]

Korkut Özal died on November 2, 2016, at his home in Istanbul. He was buried in the family plot in the Topkapi cemetery.[6]

References

  1. ^ Piri Medya. "Korkut Özal kimdir, nerelidir? Korkut Özal bu sabah vefat etti!". Yenisafak.com. Retrieved 2017-05-04.
  2. ^ "Korkut Ozal'In Biyografisi". Lightmillennium.org. Retrieved 2017-05-04.
  3. ^ "Turgut Özal'ın kardeşi Korkut Özal hayatını kaybetti". NTV. 2016-11-02. Retrieved 2017-05-04.
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  6. ^ a b c d "Turgut Özal'ın kardeşi Korkut Özal hayatını kaybetti". NTV. Anadolu Ajansi. 2 November 2016. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
  7. ^ "Former minister, late president Turgut Özal's brother Korkut Özal passes away at the age of 87". DailySabah. Retrieved 2018-03-10.
  8. ^ "Former Turkish government minister Korkut Özal passes away". hurriyetdailynews.com. Hürriyet. Retrieved 22 February 2020.

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Preceded by Minister of Internal Affairs of Turkey
21 July 1977 - 5 January 1978 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Turkey Minister of Food, Agriculture and Livestock
1 April 1975 - 21 June 1977 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Turkey Minister of Food, Agriculture and Livestock
26 November 1974 - 16 November 1974 		Succeeded by
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