Sırrı Atalay (1919-1985) was a Turkish civil servant and politician. Born in

Pasinler Pasinler or Basean ( tr, Pasinler; hy, Բասէն, translit=Pasēn; ka, ბასიანი, tr; la, Phasiani; el, Φασιανοί, translit=Phasianoí; formerly Hasankale and Hesenqele 'the fortress of Hasan'), is a municipality and Distr ...

Erzurum Province Erzurum Province ( tr, Erzurum ili) is a province of Turkey in the Eastern Anatolia Region of the country. The capital of the province is the city of Erzurum. It is bordered by the provinces of Kars and Ağrı to the east, Muş and Bingöl to the ...

, in 1919, he graduated from

Ankara University, Law School The Ankara University, Law School ( tr, Ankara Üniversitesi Hukuk Fakültesi formerly known ''Ankara Adliye Hukuk Mektebi'') is a faculty for law of the Ankara University in Turkey. History Ankara University, Law School, was founded as a par ...

. He served as a judge and a lawyer in various cities. He joined

Republican People's Party The Republican People's Party ( tr, Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi, , acronymized as CHP ) is a Kemalist and social-democratic political party in Turkey which currently stands as the main opposition party. It is also the oldest political party ...

(CHP) and was elected as MP from

Kars Province Kars Province ( tr, Kars ili; ku, Parêzgeha Qersê; hy, Կարսի նահանգ) is a province of Turkey, located in the northeastern part of the country. It shares part of its closed border with Armenia. The provincial capital is the city of ...

in the

9th Parliament of Turkey The 9th Grand National Assembly of Turkey existed from 14 May 1950 to 14 May 1954. There were 510 MPs in the parliament. The majority party was Democrat Party (DP) and the main opposition was Republican People's Party (CHP). Nation Party had onl ...

. He kept his seat in the next four parliamentary terms. In 1961 he was elected as senator from Kars Province up to 1980. During the

28th government of Turkey The 28th government of Turkey (25 December 1963 – 20 February 1965) is the third coalition government of Turkey. The prime minister, İsmet İnönü, was the leader of Republican People's Party (CHP) and a former president. Background After th ...

he was appointed as the Minister of Justice between 16 December 1964 – 29 February 1965. Between 16 June 1977 – 6 November 1979 he was elected as the speaker of the Turkish senate. On 1 June 1983 he was one of the former politicians who were temporarily taken under custody in a camp named

Zincirbozan Zincirbozan is a location in Çanakkale Province, Turkey, notable because of its fame as the compulsory residence of politicians in 1983. Zincirbozan is situated in Çardak, Çanakkale, Çardak belde of Lapseki ilçe (district) facing the Sea of Ma ...

for their political activities during the military rule. He died in 1985. He was married and father of one.

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