Nevzat Ayaz (born 1930,

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) is a former Turkish civil servant and

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politician. He was

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from 1979 to 1988. He was elected to the

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in 1991, and was

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's controversial ''1987

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Report'' that wrote about high-ranking civil servants and politicians such as Ayaz,

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and

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, alleging connections with the

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1930 births People from Çankırı Living people Democrat Party (Turkey, current) politicians Deputies of Çankırı Turkish police chiefs Turkish civil servants Ministers of National Defence of Turkey Ministers of National Education of Turkey Governors of Istanbul Members of the 49th government of Turkey Members of the 50th government of Turkey {{Turkey-politician-stub