İsmet Sezgin | |
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.jpg) Sezgin in 1998 | |
| Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey | |
| In office 30 June 1997 – 11 January 1999 | |
| Prime Minister | Mesut Yılmaz |
| Served with | Bülent Ecevit |
| Preceded by | Tansu Çiller |
| Succeeded by | Hüsamettin Özkan |
| Leader of the Democrat Turkey Party | |
| In office 17 April 1999 – 18 May 2002 | |
| Preceded by | Hüsamettin Cindoruk |
| Succeeded by | Mehmet Ali Bayar |
| Minister of National Defense | |
| In office 30 June 1997 – 11 January 1999 | |
| Prime Minister | Mesut Yılmaz |
| Preceded by | Turhan Tayan |
| Succeeded by | Hikmet Sami Türk |
| 18thSpeaker of the Grand National Assembly | |
| In office 18 October 1995 – 24 December 1995 | |
| President | Süleyman Demirel |
| Preceded by | Hüsamettin Cindoruk |
| Succeeded by | Mustafa Kalemli |
| Minister of the Interior | |
| In office 21 November 1991 – 25 June 1993 | |
| Prime Minister | Süleyman Demirel |
| Preceded by | Sabahattin Çakmakoğlu |
| Succeeded by | Mehmet Gazioğlu |
| Minister of Finance | |
| In office 12 November 1979 – 11 September 1980 | |
| Prime Minister | Süleyman Demirel |
| Preceded by | Ziya Müezzinoğlu |
| Succeeded by | Kaya Erdem |
| Minister of Youth and Sports | |
| In office 3 November 1969 – 26 March 1971 | |
| Prime Minister | Süleyman Demirel |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Sezai Ergun |
| Member of theGrand National Assembly | |
| In office 20 October 1991 – 18 April 1999 | |
| Constituency | Aydın (1991,1995) |
| In office 15 October 1961 – 12 September 1980 | |
| Constituency | Aydın (1961,1965,1969,1973,1977) |
| Mayor of Aydın | |
| In office 13 November 1955 – 27 May 1960 | |
| Preceded by | Selim Yatağan |
| Succeeded by | Ali Nahit Danışman |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1928-01-06)6 January 1928 Aydın, Turkey |
| Died | 7 December 2016(2016-12-07) (aged 88) Ankara, Turkey |
| Party | Democrat(1952–1960) Justice(1961–1980) True Path Party(1987–1997) Democrat Turkey Party(1997–2002) |
| Spouse | Saadet Sezgin(1952–2004) |
| Children | Sinan Levent Ayşe Sezgin |
| Alma mater | Dokuz Eylül University |
| Occupation | Politician |
İsmet Sezgin (6 January 1928 – 7 December 2016) was a Turkish politician who served as theDeputy Prime Minister of Turkey andMinister of National Defense from 1997 to 1999, as theSpeaker of the Grand National Assembly in 1995, as theMinister of the Interior from 1991 to 1993, as theMinister of Finance from 1979 to 1980 and as theMinister of Youth and Sports from 1969 to 1971. Between 1999 and 2002, he served as the Leader of theDemocrat Turkey Party, but did not contest any elections.
With a history in the Turkishpolitical right, Sezgin had actively participated in the historicalDemocrat Party led byAdnan Menderes until the1960 coup d'état. EnteringParliament as aMember of Parliament forAydın in the1961 general election, he served continuously as an MP until the1980 coup d'état, after which he was re-elected in the1991 general election. He lost his seat in the1999 general election and retired from active politics in 2002. He was also active in sport, having served as the 15th Chairman ofGençlerbirliği S.K. between 1967 and 1968.[1]
İsmet Sezgin was born in 1928, inAydın as the eldest of 9 children. He completed his primary and secondary education in Aydın and graduated from high school inİzmir. He received higher education at the High Economy and Trade School (nowDokuz Eylül University). During his student years, he was involved inathletics.[citation needed]
After graduating from the High Economy and Trade School in 1950, he immediately began working at the Turkey Real Estate Credit Bank (nowZiraat Bankası)Denizli branch. He married Saadet Sezgin, a mathematics teacher in 1952 and was also elected to theDemocrat Party Denizli Provincial Administration Board in the same year.[2]
Sezgin was elected as the Mayor ofAydın in the1955 local elections from the Democrat Party. He was removed from office as a result of the1960 coup d'état, during which the Democrat Party government led byAdnan Menderes was ousted from power. As a member of the Democrats, Sezgin was briefly arrested after being removed from office.[citation needed]
After being freed, Sezgin established the provincial office of the newJustice Party (AP), which was seen as the successor to the Democrat Party. In the1961 general election, he was elected as an APMember of Parliament forAydın. In 1963, he became the President of the Turkish Municipal Association, serving until 1985. In 1967, he became the Chairman ofGençlerbirliği S.K. and served until 1968. In 1968, he was made a Deputy Leader of the Justice Party.[citation needed]
After the Justice Party won a parliamentary majority in the1969 general election, Justice Party leader and Prime MinisterSüleyman Demirel established theMinistry of Youth and Sports and appointed İsmet Sezgin as Turkey's first Minister of Youth and Sports in hisgovernment. Although Demirel briefly resigned after his party MPs rebelled against the government's budget proposals, Sezgin continued as Youth and Sports Minister in the32nd government of Turkey, which was also formed by Demirel. Sezgin was removed from office, as was the rest of the government, following the1971 Turkish coup d'état.[citation needed]
Although theRepublican People's Party (CHP) was the largest party in Parliament, a poor performance in by-election resulted in the CHP government resigning. Süleyman Demirel was once again tasked with the formation of a new government and eventually formed the43rd government of Turkey with outside support from the IslamistNational Salvation Party (MSP). The government was formed entirely by Justice Party MPs, with Sezgin becoming the Minister of Finance. Due to the parliamentary deadlock resulting from afailed attempt to elect a new President in 1980, the government was ousted from power by the1980 Turkish coup d'état led by GeneralKenan Evren. Parliament was abolished and Sezgin was banned, along with many other politicians, from running for political office.[3]
With his political ban lifted as a result of the1987 constitutional referendum, Sezgin returned to Parliament as an MP from Aydın in the1991 general election, this time from theTrue Path Party (DYP). The DYP had also been formed by Demirel after having his political ban lifted and was seen as a successor to the disbanded Justice Party. Having secured a plurality in the 1991 election, the DYP formed acoalition government with theSocial Democratic Populist Party led byErdal İnönü. In this government, Sezgin was appointedMinister of the Interior.[4]
After PresidentTurgut Özal's death in 1993, Demirel was subsequently elected as the9thPresident of Turkey in the1993 presidential election. In the subsequent leadership election, Sezgin put his name forward as a candidate but withdrew in the second round of the election. AfterTansu Çiller was elected as the leader of the DYP, Sezgin resigned as Interior Minister.[citation needed]
In 1995, he was elected as theSpeaker of the Grand National Assembly, succeedingHüsamettin Cindoruk. He served in this position until the1995 general election, in which the DYP lost 43 seats.[citation needed]
After the DYP formed acoalition government with the IslamistWelfare Party (RP) in 1996, Sezgin resigned from the DYP in protest and was one of the founding members of the newDemocrat Turkey Party (DTP). The 'Refahyol' government (DYP-RP coalition) collapsed in 1997 after amilitary memorandum.Motherland Party (ANAP) leaderMesut Yılmaz was tasked with forming a new government and managed to form aminority triple-party coalition between ANAP, the DTP and theDemocratic Left Party (DSP). The DTP leaderHüsamettin Cindoruk did not participate in the government, so Sezgin becameDeputy Prime Minister of Turkey as the most senior DTP representative in the coalition government, serving alongside the DSP leaderBülent Ecevit. Sezgin concurrently served as theMinister of National Defense. The government collapsed following theTürkbank scandal, after which theRepublican People's Party (CHP) decided to end its outside support for the government.[5]
In the1999 general election, the DTP won just 0.58% of the vote, falling far below the 10%election threshold necessary to win parliamentary representation. Sezgin, as well as all other DTP MPs, lost their seats in Parliament. As a result,Hüsamettin Cindoruk resigned as party leader. Sezgin was subsequently elected as the DTP leader in place of Cindoruk, but resigned in May 2002 without contesting any elections as party leader. He announced that he was retiring from active politics. The DTP contested the2002 general election under an electoral alliance with the DYP, but the two parties combined still failed to pass the 10% boundary.[6]
İsmet Sezgin married mathematics teacher Saadet (Sezgin) in 1952; she died in 2004. They had two daughters, Seynan Levent and Ayşe. Sezgin died of multiple organ failure on 7 December 2016, aged 88.[7]
In theBornova district ofİzmir, there is a primary school named after Sezgin.[8]
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