Cevdet Sunay
Politician
1899 – 1982
Who was Cevdet Sunay?
Cevdet Sunay was a Turkish army officer, political leader and the fifth President of Turkey.
He was born in 1899 in Trabzon, in the Ottoman Empire. After attending elementary school and middle school in Erzurum and Edirne, he graduated from Kuleli Military High School in Istanbul. During World War I, he fought in 1917 at the Palestine front and became a prisoner of war of the British in Egypt in 1918. After his release, he fought first on the southern front, then on the western front during the Turkish War of Independence.
Sunay completed his military education in 1927, and graduated from the staff college in 1930 as a staff officer. Rising through the ranks to become a general in 1949 and then a four-star general in 1959, he held important military posts. In 1960, he was appointed army chief and later joint chief of staff. On 14 March 1966, he was appointed to the senate by Cemal Gürsel under his presidential contingency.
When Gürsel's presidency was terminated due to ill health in accordance with the constitution, Cevdet Sunay was elected 5th president by the Grand National Assembly of Turkey on 28 March 1966. He maintained his office despite increasing terrorist activity, student riots, and threatened coups. He served the constitutional term of seven years until 28 March 1973 and became then a permanent senator.
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- Born
- Feb 10, 1899
Çaykara - Spouses
- Nationality
- Turkey
- Education
- Kuleli Military High School
- Lived in
- Trabzon
- Died
- May 22, 1982
Istanbul
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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