Nuri Demirağ

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Nuri Demirağ
Born1886
DiedNovember 13, 1957
OccupationIndustrialist

Nuri Demirağ (1886 in Divriği – November 13, 1957, in Istanbul[1]) was an early Turkish industrialist and politician, who was one of the first millionaires of the Turkish Republic.

Biography

His first enterprise was a

Surname Law
was put into effect in 1934.

In 1936 he established an aircraft factory employing 500 people in

took place in this factory.

In 1945 he founded the first opposition party, which was named Milli Kalkınma Partisi (

Democratic Party
, which won the general elections.

Demirağ donated his airplanes to his flying school (Gök Okulu) in

Ottoman Air Force
in 1911.

Demirağ died in 1957 from diabetes.

External links

References

  1. ^ "13 Kasım 1957: Sanayici-Mebus Nuri Demirağ'ın vefatı". Akit (in Turkish).