Nihat Erim
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Nihat Erim | |
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13th Prime Minister of Turkey | |
In office 26 March 1971 – 22 May 1972 | |
President | Cevdet Sunay |
Preceded by | Süleyman Demirel |
Succeeded by | Ferit Melen |
Deputy Prime Minister | |
In office 16 January 1949 – 22 May 1950 | |
Preceded by | Faruk Ahmet Barutçu |
Succeeded by | Samet Ağauğlu |
Minister of Public Works | |
In office 10 June 1948 – 16 January 1949 | |
Preceded by | Kasım Gülek |
Succeeded by | Hasan Şevket Adalan |
Member of the Grand National Assembly | |
In office 15 October 1961 – 14 October 1973 | |
In office 28 February 1943 – 14 May 1950 | |
Constituency | Kocaeli (1943, 1946, 1961, 1965, 1969) |
Personal details | |
Born | 30 November 1912 Istanbul Province, Turkey |
Resting place | Zincirlikuyu Cemetery, Istanbul |
Nationality | Turkish |
Political party | Republican People's Party (CHP) |
Spouse | Kamile Okutman |
Children | 2 |
Alma mater | Istanbul University, University of Paris |
Profession | Academic |
İsmail Nihat Erim (30 November 1912
Early life and education
Nihat Erim was born in Kandıra to Raif Bey and Macide Hanım. After graduating from Istanbul University Law School in 1936, he studied further to earn his doctorate degree in Paris Law School in 1939.[2] He returned to Turkey to become an assistant professor in 1939 and professor in 1942 at the Ankara University School of Law.
During his studies at the Istanbul University Erim was a member of the Turkish National Student Union.[3]
Political career
He was appointed as legal advisor to the
In 1950, when
After the military coup of 1960, once again he was elected and served as Kocaeli representative in the parliament, and this time as head of the CHP group. He was one of the focal points of internal conflicts of CHP, opposing the leader İsmet İnönü. The conflict resulted in him being ousted from the party in 1962. He was re-elected to the party's ruling committee taking second highest votes, thus joining the party again.
He served as the Turkish representative at the Council of Europe between 1961 and 1970, and was elected as deputy secretary general in 1961. In 1969, he was appointed as a member of the UN International Law Commission in The Hague, Netherlands.
In Turkey, after a spree of political violence, and the
Prime Minister
He was appointed a neutral and technocratic prime minister on 26 March 1971 to form a "national unity" coalition government (see 33rd government of Turkey), the first of a series of weak governments until the elections in 1973. During his tenure he ruled out the existence of another nationality living in Turkey and the Kurdish population in the country was oppressed.[4] One of the actions in regards of the Kurdish question during Erim's prime ministry was the closing down of the Workers Party of Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye İşçi Partisi, TİP) for its recognition of the Kurds as a distinct ethnicity.[5]
Erim was forced to resign when 11 technocratic ministers of his cabinet resigned as a body on 3 December 1971. However, he was appointed once more by the President Cevdet Sunay, and he formed his second cabinet on 11 December 1971. He resigned on 17 April 1972 on health grounds, when his decision to promulgate decree laws was not backed by the parliament. His resignation was approved on 22 May 1972, and Ferit Melen, representative of the Van Province and minister of national defense in his cabinet, was appointed as the new prime minister and formed his own cabinet.
During his premiership, a significant contribution he made to Turkish politics was to form a ministry of culture (today in the form of the
Assassination
Erim was shot to death by two gunmen near his home in
Erim's assassination was part of the
Personal life
Erim was married to Kamile Okutman, having two children: Işık Erim and Işıl Onalp (née Erim), as well as five grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren.
See also
Books
- Le Positivisme Juridique et le Droit International (Judicial Positivism and International Law), 1939.
- XVII. Yüzyıldan Zamanımııza Kadar Tabii Hukuk Nazariyeleri (Natural Theories of Law from 17th Century Until Today), translation from Le Fur, 1940.
- Amme Hukuku Dersleri (Public Law Lessons), 1941.
- Devletlerarası Amme Hukuku (International Public Law), translation from Le Fur, 1944.
- Siyasi Tarih ve Devletlerararası Hukuk Metinleri (Political History and International Law Texts), 1953.
References
- ^ "Who's who in America: Supplement to Who's who, a current biographical reference service". 1948.
- ^ "Nihat Erim (1911-1980)". Atatürk Ansiklopedisi (in Turkish). 2022-09-23. Retrieved 2024-01-28.
- JSTOR 4282321.
- JSTOR 45314312.
- S2CID 145280600.
- ISBN 9781610692861.
- Kılıçlıoğlu, Safa; Araz, Nezihe; Devrim, Hakkı; (eds.) (1969). Erim (Nihat). In Meydan-Larousse Büyük Lügat ve Ansiklopedisi, Vol. 4; p. 319. Meydan Yayınevi, Istanbul.