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Fatin Rüştü Zorlu

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Turkish politician (1910–1961)

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Fatin Rüştü Zorlu
Fatin Rüştü Zorlu in 1959
Turkish Foreign Minister
In office
25 November 1957 – 27 May 1960
Preceded byMehmet Fuat Köprülü
Succeeded bySelim Sarper
Turkish Deputy Prime Minister
In office
17 May 1954 – 29 July 1955
Preceded bySamet Ağaoğlu
Succeeded byMehmet Fuat Köprülü
Personal details
Born(1910-04-20)20 April 1910
Istanbul,Ottoman Empire
Died16 September 1961(1961-09-16) (aged 51)
İmralı Prison,İmralı,Turkey
Cause of deathExecution by hanging
SpouseEmel Aras
Children1
Alma materGalatasaray High School
Sciences Po Paris
University of Geneva

Fatin Rüştü Zorlu (20 April 1910 – 16 September 1961) was aTurkishdiplomat andpolitician. He was executed by hanging after thecoup d'état in 1960 along with two other politicians.

Early life and education

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He was born on 20 April 1910 inIstanbul to a family originating from the village of Zor,Artvin in northeasternTurkey. After finishing high school atGalatasaray High School, Zorlu was educated inpolitical science at theInstitut d'études politiques de Paris,France and in law at theUniversity of Geneva,Switzerland.

Political career

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Returning to Turkey, Zorlu began his career as a diplomat in 1932 in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. From 1938 on, he served at various posts in embassies and consulates inBern (Switzerland),Paris (France),Moscow (USSR),Beirut (Lebanon) and at the ministry in Ankara as well. Following Turkey's joining ofNATO on 18 February 1952 he was appointed ambassador to NATO at theSupreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe in Paris.

In 1954, Zorlu entered politics and was elected to theTurkish Grand National Assembly as the deputy ofÇanakkale for theDemocratic Party. He served as deputy prime minister between 1954 and 1955 and as minister of state in 1955. In 1955 he was also acting minister of foreign affairs and participated in the Tripartite Conference onCyprus problem in London in June that year.[1] Zorlu left the office in the late 1955. He,Sıtkı Yırcalı andHasan Polatkan were investigated by a Parliamentary commission in January 1956 due to the allegations of their involvelment in importing East German trucks and tires of no value and a general neglect of their duty.[2]

Zorlu was appointed minister for foreign affairs in 1957 and held the post until 27 May 1960 when theTurkish Armed Forces staged a coup and ousted the government of Prime MinisterAdnan Menderes. In 1959, he participated along withAdnan Menderes in theBilderberg Meeting inYeşilköy,Turkey. It is rumoured that the coup might have something to do with that meeting.

During his tenure as minister of foreign affairs Turkey applied for the membership of theEuropean Economic Community in 1959.[3]

Arrest and execution

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He was arrested along with other party members, charged with violating theconstitution, and put ontrial on the island ofYassıada. His roommate in the Yassıada prison wasCelal Yardımcı, a fellow party member and minister of justice.[4] He and Menderes were accused by the court of planning theIstanbul Pogrom. Though both of them rejected the claims, it is believed by scholars that Menderes assented to the organization of protests in İstanbul against the Greeks, but the extent of knowledge of Zorlu, who had been in London for the conference, is unclear. According to Zorlu's lawyer at the Yassiada trial, a mob of 300,000 was marshaled in a radius of 40 miles (60 km) around the city for the attacks.[5]

Zorlu was sentenced to death and executed by hanging on the island ofİmralı on 16 September 1961 along with Adnan Menderes andHasan Polatkan. He approached the gallows calmly, helped the hangman to lay the noose around his neck.[6]

Personal life

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Zorlu married Emel Aras on 29 October 1933.[7] She was the daughter ofTevfik Rüştü Aras who was serving as the minister of foreign affairs at that time.[7] Fatin Rüştü Zorlu and Emel Aras had a daughter, Sevin Zorlu (1936–2006), who was a journalist.[8]

Legacy

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Many years after his death his grave was moved to amausoleum in İstanbul on 17 September 1990 along with the graves of the two other cabinet members hanged.

See also

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References

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  1. ^Muzaffer Goksenin (December 1957). "The Cyprus Issue".Pakistan Horizon.10 (4): 208.JSTOR 41392386.
  2. ^"Developments of the Quarter: Comment and Chronology".The Middle East Journal.10 (2): 193. 1956.JSTOR 4322801.
  3. ^Soli Özel (2008). "A Passionate Story with Europe".European Security.17 (1): 50.doi:10.1080/09662830802503706.S2CID 153390535.
  4. ^Esma Torun Çelik (2020). "Yassıada duruşmalarında Ağrı milletvekili Hüseyin Celal Yardımcı".Tarih Okulu Dergisi (in Turkish).49: 3818.doi:10.29228/joh.45867.S2CID 235014695.
  5. ^Speros Vryonis (2005).The Mechanism of Catastrophe: The Turkish Pogrom of September 6-7, 1955, and the Destruction of the Greek Community of Istanbul. greekworks.com. p. 225.ISBN 978-0-9747660-3-4.
  6. ^Hudgins, Graven (18 September 1960). "Turks hang ex-Premier Menderes".The Atlanta Constitution. p. 3.
  7. ^ab"Kronolojik Tarih 1933".İşte Atatürk (in Turkish). Retrieved21 November 2022.
  8. ^"Fatin Rüştü Zorlu'nun Kızı Toprağa Verildi".Haberler (in Turkish). 2 November 2006. Retrieved21 November 2022.

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17 May 1954–9 December 1955
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25 November 1957–27 May 1960
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