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2002 In Turkey ...
Events in the year 2002 in Turkey. Incumbents *President: Ahmet Necdet Sezer *Prime Minister: Bülent Ecevit (until 18 November), Abdullah Gül (from 18 November) Births *4 February – Erencan Yardımcı, football player Deaths *31 January – Turgut Göle *25 March – Esmeray *30 August – Hüsnü A. Göksel *5 November – Seyfi Öztürk *2 December – Mehmet Emin Toprak References {{Year in Europe, 2002 Years of the 21st century in Turkey 2000s in Turkey Turkey Turkey Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
President Of Turkey
The president of Turkey, officially the president of the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Cumhurbaşkanı), is the head of state and head of government of Turkey. The president directs the executive branch of the government of Turkey, national government and is the commander-in-chief of the Turkish Armed Forces, Turkish military. The president also heads the National Security Council (Turkey), National Security Council. The office of the president of Turkey was established with the proclamation of the Republic of Turkey on 29 October 1923, with the first president and founder being Mustafa Kemal Atatürk. The president of Turkey is referred to as ("Republic leader"), and previously archaically as or , also meaning "head of the republic/people". Insulting the Turkish president is prohibited by Article 299 (Turkish Penal Code), Article 299 of the Turkish Penal Code, including founder Atatürk which has its own separate law. Traditionally, the presidency was most ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ahmet Necdet Sezer
Ahmet Necdet Sezer (; born 13 September 1941) is a Turkish statesman and judge who served as the tenth president of Turkey from 2000 to 2007. Previously he was president of the Constitutional Court of Turkey from 1998 to 2002. The Grand National Assembly of Turkey elected Sezer as president in 2000 after Süleyman Demirel's seven-year term expired. He was succeeded by Abdullah Gül in 2007. Following his legal career, Sezer became a candidate for the presidency with the joint support of many political parties in Parliament. Following the 2000 presidential election, he took an ardent secularist approach on issues such as the headscarf, holding the view that secularism in Turkey was under threat. A quarrel between Sezer and Prime Minister Bülent Ecevit in 2001 led to a financial meltdown, attributed to the weakness of the coalition government as well as to the large debt owed to the International Monetary Fund. The landslide victory of the conservative Islamist Justice and Dev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prime Minister Of Turkey
The prime minister of the Republic of Turkey (Turkish language, Turkish: ''Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Başbakanı'') was the head of government of the Republic of Turkey from 1920 to 2018, who led a political coalition in the Grand National Assembly of Turkey, Turkish Parliament and presided over the Cabinet of Turkey, cabinet. Throughout the political history of Turkey, functions and powers of the post have changed occasionally. Prior to its dissolution as a result of the 2017 Turkish constitutional referendum, 2017 Constitutional Referendum, the prime minister was generally the dominant figure in Turkish politics, outweighing the President of Turkey, president. Premiership in the Ottoman Era In the Ottoman Empire, the prime minister of the Ottoman sultan held the title of Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire, Grand Vizier ( tr, Sadrazam). After the Tanzimat period in the 19th century, the grand viziers came to assume a role more like that of the prime ministers of contemporary Western Eu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bülent Ecevit
Mustafa Bülent Ecevit (; 28 May 1925 – 5 November 2006) was a Turkish politician, statesman, poet, writer, scholar, and journalist, who served as the Prime Minister of Turkey four times between 1974 and 2002. He served as prime minister in 1974, 1977, 1978–1979, and 1999–2002. Ecevit was chairman of the Republican People's Party (CHP) between 1972 and 1980, and in 1987 he became chairman of the Democratic Left Party (DSP). Ecevit began his political career when he was elected a CHP MP from Ankara in the 1957, and came to prominence as Minister of Labour in İsmet İnönü's cabinets, representing the rising left-wing faction of the party. Ecevit eventually became leader of the CHP in 1972; his leadership rejuvenated the party by reaching out to working class voters and cementing the party as " Left of Center". Ecevit became Prime Minister in 1974, during which he retracted the ban on cultivation of opium and invaded Cyprus. He formed two more governments in 1977 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abdullah Gül
Abdullah Gül (; ; born 29 October 1950) is a Turkish politician who served as the 11th President of Turkey, in office from 2007 to 2014. He previously served for four months as Prime Minister from 2002 to 2003, and concurrently served as both Deputy Prime Minister and as Foreign Minister between 2003 and 2007. He is currently a member of the Advisory Panel for the President of the Islamic Development Bank. Advocating staunch Islamist political views during his university years, Gül became a Member of Parliament for Kayseri in 1991 and was re-elected in 1995, 1999, 2002 and 2007. Initially a member of the Islamist Welfare Party, Gül joined the Virtue Party in 1998 after the former was banned for anti-secular activities. When the party split into hardline Islamist and modernist factions in 2000, Gül joined fellow party member Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in advocating the need for reform and moderation. He ran against serving leader Recai Kutan for the Virtue Party leadership ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erencan Yardımcı
Erencan Yardımcı (born 4 February 2002) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a forward for Alanyaspor, on loan from Eyüpspor. Professional career In July 2019, Yardımcı signed his first professional contract with Galatasaray. Yardımcı made his professional debut for Galatasaray in the 1-1 UEFA Champions League tie with Club Brugge KV on 26 November 2019. He transferred to Eyüpspor in 2021, and helped them get promoted into the TFF First League for the 2020-21 season. He joined Alanyaspor on loan in the Süper Lig The Süper Lig (, ''Super League''), officially known as Spor Toto Süper Lig for sponsorship reasons, is a Turkish professional league for association football clubs. It is the top-flight of the Turkish football league system and is run by the ... for the second half of the 2021-22 season starting 6 January 2022. International career Yardımcı is a youth international for Turkey, having played for the Turkey U17s and U18s. References Exte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turgut Göle
Turgut Göle (1913–2002) was a Turkish politician from the Republican People's Party (CHP) and served at the Parliament and also, at the Senate. He left the CHP and joined the Republican Reliance Party in 1967. Before his political career he worked as a district governor and then, a lawyer. Early life and education He was born in Ardahan, Ottoman Empire, in 1913. His family was originally from Dedeşen village of Göle district, Ardahan. His sister was married to Münir Hüsrev Göle, a politician. After graduating from Istanbul High School in 1934, he obtained a degree from the Faculty of Political Sciences at Ankara University in 1937. Then he earned his Master of Arts degree at Indiana University, USA. Göle also received a degree in law from Ankara University in the early 1950s. Career Following his return to Turkey Göle worked at various public institutions, including the General Directorate of Security. Then he served as the district governor of Hafik (18 Oct ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Esmeray
Esmeray Diriker (25 February 1949 – 25 March 2002) was an Afro-Turkish singer. Biography Esmeray, who was of Afro-Turkish descent was born in the Emirgan district of Istanbul. Her father, Nusret, was a member of a Moroccan family that settled in Turkey during the Ottoman Empire, her mother Fermet is white. In 1960, Esmeray dropped out of her last year of Emirgan Secondary School, to join the Istanbul community theatre, and performed on stage for the first time in a children's play. She continued to perform at the Istanbul community theatre until 1965. After that, she went on to performing at bigger, more noted theatres, beginning in ''Dün Gece Yolda Giderken Çok Komik Birşey Oldu'' (Last Night Something Really Funny Happened on the Streets) at the Dormen Theatre. She also performed in Avni Dilligil, Özlem, Özlem Taşdelenler, and Sezer Sezin theatres. She starred in her last theatrical production in 1974, alongside Muammer Karaca in ''Mart Bakanı''. She then moved ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hüsnü A
Hüsnü ( ar, حسني) is a Turkish masculine given name. It is also used as a surname. People with the name include: Given name First name *Hüsnü Çakırgil (born 1965), Turkish basketball player * Hüsnü Doğan (born 1944), Turkish politician *Hüsnü A. Göksel (1919–2002), Turkish physician *Hüsnü Özkara (born 1955), Turkish football player *Hüsnü Özyeğin (born 1944), Turkish businessman * Hüsnü Savman (1908–1948), Turkish football player * Hüsnü Şenlendirici (born 1976), Turkish musician Middle name *Fazıl Hüsnü Dağlarca (1914–2008), Turkish poet *Fuat Hüsnü Kayacan (1879–1963), Turkish football player and referee * Hamit Hüsnü Kayacan (1868–1952), Turkish intellectual and sports executive * Hasan Hüsnü Erdem (1889–1974), Turkish scholar and Mufti * Hüseyin Hüsnü Pasha (1852–1918), Ottoman admiral *Hüseyin Hüsnü Emir Erkilet (1883–1954), Ottoman general *Süleyman Hüsnü Paşa (1838–1892), Ottoman general Surname *Mehmet Hu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seyfi Öztürk
Seyfi Öztürk (1927–2002) was a Turkish lawyer and politician who held several cabinet posts in the 1960s and 1970s. He was a long-term member of the Parliament first for the Republican Villagers Nation Party and then for the Justice Party. Early life and education He was born in Eskişehir in 1927. He graduated from Ankara University obtaining a degree in law. Career and activities Following his graduation Öztürk worked as a lawyer. His political career began after the military coup in 1960. He was a member of the Constituent Assembly of Turkey in 1961 representing the Republican Villagers Nation Party. He was elected as a deputy from Eskişehir for five terms between 1961 and 1980. He became one of the members of the general administrative board of the Republican Villagers Nation Party in August 1965. Öztürk was named as the minister of village affairs in 1965 to the cabinet led by Prime Minister Suat Hayri Ürgüplü. While serving as minister Öztürk resigned f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mehmet Emin Toprak
Mehmet Emin Toprak (11 September 1974 – 2 December 2002) was a Turkish film actor. Toprak starred in the critically acclaimed 2002 film ''Uzak''. He died in a car crash on the way back from the Ankara Film Festival, near the town of Çan at the age of 28 years. A few weeks after the accident, the film ''Uzak'' was shown in the 2003 Cannes Film Festival, where Toprak was posthumously awarded Best Actor. Personal life Toprak collaborated with his cousin Nuri Bilge Ceylan in his films. He was newlywed at the time of his death. Filmography *''Kasaba'' (''The Small Town'', 1997) *'' Mayıs Sıkıntısı'' (''Clouds of May'', 1999) *''Uzak ''Uzak'' (, ''Distant'' in North America) is a 2002 Turkish drama film written, produced, shot and directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan. The film won a total of 31 awards at various film festivals, including Best Actor at Cannes, Special Jury Prize at ...'' (''Distant'', 2002) Awards and nominations References 1974 births 2002 de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2002 In Turkey ...
Events in the year 2002 in Turkey. Incumbents *President: Ahmet Necdet Sezer *Prime Minister: Bülent Ecevit (until 18 November), Abdullah Gül (from 18 November) Births *4 February – Erencan Yardımcı, football player Deaths *31 January – Turgut Göle *25 March – Esmeray *30 August – Hüsnü A. Göksel *5 November – Seyfi Öztürk *2 December – Mehmet Emin Toprak References {{Year in Europe, 2002 Years of the 21st century in Turkey 2000s in Turkey Turkey Turkey Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
