President Fahri Koruturk Nationality Turkish Succeeded by Suleyman Demirel Preceded by Cahit Karakas Party Republican People's Party | President Kenan Evren Role Turkish Politician Preceded by Bulent Ecevit Name Sadi Irmak | |
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Prime Minister Recep Peker, Sukru Saracoglu Died November 11, 1990, Istanbul, Turkey Education Istanbul University, Humboldt University of Berlin | ||
Resting place Asiyan Asri Cemetery | ||
SYND 20 2 75 KURT WALDHEIM VISITS TURKEY AND MEETS PRIME MINISTER IRMAK
Mahmut Sadi Irmak, (1904, Seydişehir – November 11, 1990, Istanbul) was a Turkish academic in physiology, politician and former Prime Minister of Turkey.
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- SYND 20 2 75 KURT WALDHEIM VISITS TURKEY AND MEETS PRIME MINISTER IRMAK
- Biography
- Political career
- References
Biography
He was born in the town Seydişehir of Konya, Ottoman Empire in 1904. He became teacher for biology after finishing the college in Konya. However, he quit his job the same year and attended the Law School at Istanbul University. In 1925, he went to Germany on a state granted scholarship to study biology and medicine. He graduated from the University of Berlin in 1929 with a degree in medicine. After completing his study, Sadi Irmak worked as an assistant physician in hospitals in Hagen and Düsseldorf, Germany.
Returned to Turkey, he worked as a government physician and teacher for biology. In 1932, he became a lecturer at the School of Medicine of Istanbul University, and in 1939, he was promoted to full professor for physiology.
Political career
Sadi Irmak entered politics in 1943 as deputy of Konya. Between June 7, 1945 and August 5, 1946, he served as Minister of Labor in the cabinet of Şükrü Saracoğlu. He returned to the faculty, however, in 1950, to lecture first in Munich, Germany and then in Istanbul again. In 1974, he was admitted to the Senate. The same year, Sadi Irmak was commissioned by President Fahri Korutürk to form the 38th government of Turkey. The caretaker government under his prime ministry lasted from November 17, 1974 until his resignation on March 31, 1975 due to a vote of no confidence in the parliament. After the military coup on September 12, 1980, he was elected to the Consultative Assembly. He acted as its speaker from October 27, 1981 until December 4, 1983.
Sadi Irmak died on November 11, 1990 in Istanbul, and was buried at the Aşiyan Asri Cemetery. He was survived by his wife and two children. His daughter, Prof. Yakut Irmak Özden, is director of the Institute for Atatürk's Ideology and History of His Reforms at Istanbul University.