İsmet Kotak (1939 – 11 September 2011) was a

Turkish Cypriot Turkish Cypriots or Cypriot Turks ( tr, Kıbrıs Türkleri or ''Kıbrıslı Türkler''; el, Τουρκοκύπριοι, Tourkokýprioi) are ethnic Turks originating from Cyprus. Following the Ottoman conquest of the island in 1571, about 30,00 ...

politician, public administrator, journalist and columnist. İsmet Kotak was

Member of Parliament A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members of ...

(1970–85, 1990–93),

Minister of Labour Minister of Labour (in British English) or Labor (in American English) is typically a cabinet-level position with portfolio responsibility for setting national labour standards, labour dispute mechanisms, employment, workforce participation, traini ...

(1969–76), Minister of Industry and Co-operatives (1982–83), director-general of the Bayrak Radio Television Corporation, president of Press Council in Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. He was one of the co-founders of Democratic People's Party and founder of the Free Democratic Party.

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1939 births 2011 deaths People from Famagusta Leaders of political parties in Northern Cyprus Democratic Party (Northern Cyprus) politicians Turkish Cypriot columnists Ankara University Faculty of Political Sciences alumni Deaths from aortic dissection Date of birth unknown {{Journalist-stub