Hasan Fehmi Güneş (1934 – 23 November 2021) was a Turkish jurist and politician who served as the

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in 1979. He was a member of the

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for two terms from the

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. Between 1975 and 1980 he served in the

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Biography

Güneş was born in

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in 1934. He graduated from

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receiving a bachelor's degree in law. After working as a lawyer and public prosecutor, he entered politics and became senator in the period 1975–1980. He was a member of the Turkish parliament for two terms, in the 18th and 22nd terms, from the Social Democratic Populist Party and then from the Republican People's Party. On 13 January 1979 he was appointed interior minister to the

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led by

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. His term witnessed significant events, including the assassination of journalist

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, arrest of the assassin, Mehmet Ali Ağca, and attack by the members of the

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against the Egyptian Embassy in Ankara. He resigned from the office in late September 1979 following the media reports about his affair with an actress. Güneş was elected to the Parliament in the 1987 general election from the Social Democratic Populist Party. He run for the presidency of the Republican People's Party on 30 September 2000, but he lost the election to

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. Güneş was married and had two children. He died in Ankara on 23 November 2021. He was buried in his hometown, Karapürçek, Sakarya, on 25 November.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Gunes, Hasan Fehmi 20th-century Turkish lawyers 1934 births 2021 deaths 20th-century jurists People from Adapazarı Ministers of the Interior of Turkey Ankara University Faculty of Law alumni Deputies of Istanbul Members of the 18th Parliament of Turkey Members of the 22nd Parliament of Turkey Republican People's Party (Turkey) politicians Members of the Senate of the Republic (Turkey)