Preceded by Aytekin Kotil | Succeeded by Ecmel Kutay | |
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Died 15 May 2016, İzmir, Turkey | ||
İsmail Hakki Akansel (c. 1924 – May 15, 2016) was a Turkish military general and politician. In 1980, Akansel was appointed Mayor of Istanbul following the 1980 Turkish coup d'état and the establishment of military rule in Turkey. He served as the Mayor of Istanbul from September 1980 to August 1981.
He retired from the military in 1985.
İsmail Hakki Akansel died in Izmir, Turkey, on May 15, 2016, at the age of 92. He was buried in Istanbul.
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