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Fahrettin Ozdilek

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Preceded by
  
Cemal Gursel

Name
  
Fahrettin Ozdilek

Succeeded by
  
Ismet Inonu

Rank
  
General officer

Allegiance
  
Turkey

Role
  
Politician

Service/branch
  
Turkish Land Forces

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Battles/wars
  
Turkish War of Independence Greco-Turkish War (1919-1922)

Died
  
March 13, 1989, Ankara, Turkey

Battles and wars
  
Greco-Turkish War, Turkish War of Independence

Similar People
  
Ismet Inonu, Fevzi Cakmak, Ali Fuat Cebesoy, Kazim Karabekir, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

Emin Fahrettin Ozdilek was a military officer and politician. He served as acting Prime Minister of Turkey in 1961.

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Military career

Ozdilek entered cadet school in 1916. He was promoted to Lieutenant the following year. Ozdilek would later participate in the Turkish War of Independence, including in the Greco-Turkish War (1919-1922). He was promoted to General in 1959.

He was Commander of the First Army of Turkey (August 1958 to June 1960).

Political career

Ozdilek became Defense Minister, State Minister and Deputy Prime Minister in 1960 after the Turkish military organized the May 1960 Turkish coup d'etat and overthrew the government of Adnan Menderes. The following year, he became acting Prime Minister during military control of Turkey after the previous Prime Minister, Cemal Gursel, became President. He held the position until the government was once again under civilian control with Ismet Inonu as Prime Minister. Later, he served in the Senate of the Republic and the Grand National Assembly of Turkey. In the first session of the 1983 parliament, he assumed the temporary leadership of the new parliament during the ceremonies and the election of the new parliament chairman.

References

Fahrettin Ozdilek Wikipedia