Necdet Calp (September 7, 1922 – September 13, 1998) was a Turkish civil servant and politician.
Early life
He was born in
Karamürsel
Karamürsel is a town and district located in northwestern Turkey, on the coast of the Bay of Izmit in the province of Kocaeli. Before its conquest by the Ottomans it used to be called by the Greek name of Praenetos (Πραινετός in Greek ...
ilçe
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of Kocaeli Province, Turkey on 7 September 1922. He graduated from the
Faculty of Political Science of
Ankara University
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in 1944. He also studied at the
London School of Economics
, mottoeng = To understand the causes of things
, established =
, type = Public research university
, endowment = £240.8 million (2021)
, budget = £391.1 millio ...
. He served as district governor, inspector in the
Ministry of Interior
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as well as province governor of
Siirt
Siirt ( ar, سِعِرْد, Siʿird; hy, Սղերդ, S'gherd; syr, ܣܥܪܬ, Siirt; ku, Sêrt) is a city in southeastern Turkey and the seat of Siirt Province. The population of the city according to the 2009 census was 129,188.
History
Pr ...
and
İzmir
İzmir ( , ; ), also spelled Izmir, is a metropolitan city in the western extremity of Anatolia, capital of the province of the same name. It is the third most populous city in Turkey, after Istanbul and Ankara and the second largest urban agglo ...
. He also served as executive assistant to
İsmet İnönü
Mustafa İsmet İnönü (; 24 September 1884 – 25 December 1973) was a Turkish army officer and statesman of Kurdish descent, who served as the second President of Turkey from 11 November 1938 to 22 May 1950, and its Prime Minister three tim ...
, then prime minister of Turkey. During the military rule between 1980 and 1983, he was the undersecretary of the prime minister
Bülent Ulusu.
Leader of the opposition
On 21 May 1983 together with Avni Güler, Engin Aydın and Turhan Timuçin, he founded
People's Party ( tr, Halkçı Parti, HP) in the course of
Republican People's Party
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(Turkish: Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi, CHP), which was closed by the military rule. He was elected as the chairman of the party. After the main rival
SODEP
The Social Democracy Party ( tr, Sosyal Demokrasi Partisi, SODEP) of Turkey was one of the two main parties of Turkey in early 1980s but later on merged with the People's Party to form the Social Democratic Populist Party (SHP) in 1985.
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was banned from entering the election, the HP became the only party attractive for ex-CHP voters. Although he was not a well known name, he caused a nationwide excitement in a panel discussion on TV by his reaction to the proposal of privatization of
İstanbul Bosphorus Bridge. In the
election held on 6 November 1983, the HP received 30.5% of the votes and Necdet Calp, now PM from
Ankara Province
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, became the opposition leader.
The congress
In the
local elections held on 21 March 1984, in which
SODEP
The Social Democracy Party ( tr, Sosyal Demokrasi Partisi, SODEP) of Turkey was one of the two main parties of Turkey in early 1980s but later on merged with the People's Party to form the Social Democratic Populist Party (SHP) in 1985.
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also competed, the HP received 8.8%, which meant a loss of nearly 75% of its votes in less than five months. After learning the results, Calp resigned, but he was soon reelected as the chairman. However, during the reelection period, the opposition group in the party gained strength.
[Erdal İnönü:Anılar ve Düşünceler, Cilt III, Doğan Kitap, İstanbul, 2001, p.24] On the general congress of the party held on 29 June 1985, he lost his chair to
Aydın Güven Gürkan
Aydın Güven Gürkan (May 10, 1941 Elazığ-January 22, 2006 Istanbul) was a Turkish academic and politician.
Early life
He was born in Elazığ on 10 May 1941. In 1963, he graduated from the Faculty of Political Sciences in Ankara University. ...
.
Later years
After 1985, he did not participate in politics, and in the
1987 elections, he did not run for a seat in the parliament. On 13 September 1998, he died in Ankara as a result of a heart attack.
References
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1922 births
1998 deaths
People from Karamürsel
Populist Party (Turkey) politicians
Leaders of the Opposition (Turkey)
Leaders of political parties in Turkey
Deputies of Ankara
Governors (Turkey)
Turkish civil servants
Ankara University Faculty of Political Sciences alumni
Alumni of the London School of Economics
Turkish political party founders