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Hasan Esat Işık (1916 – July 2, 1989) was a
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and politician.


Biography

Hasan Esat Işık was born in Istanbul. His father was Mehmet Esat, a well known physician. After graduating from
Galatasaray High School Galatasaray High School ( tr, Galatasaray Lisesi, french: Lycée de Galatasaray), established in what was then Constantinople and is now Istanbul, in 1481, is the oldest high school in Turkey. It is also the second-oldest Turkish educational in ...
and Ankara University Faculty of Law, he held various positions in
Ministry of Foreign Affairs In many countries, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is the government department responsible for the state's diplomacy, bilateral, and multilateral relations affairs as well as for providing support for a country's citizens who are abroad. The entit ...
. He served as the Permanent Representative of the European Office in Geneva in 1952, and as Ambassador to Brussels, Moscow and Paris from 1962 to 1973. In 1965, he was appointed as the Minister of Foreign Affairs in the 29th cabinet of Turkey (AP-CKMP-YTP-MP) of Prime Minister
Suat Hayri Ürgüplü Ali Suat Hayri Ürgüplü (13 August 1903, Damascus, Ottoman Empire – 26 December 1981, Istanbul, Turkey) was a Turkish politician who served a brief term as Prime Minister of Turkey in 1965. He was also the last Prime Minister to be born ...
. He was chosen outside the Turkish Grand National Assembly. After leaving the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, he was elected as a Member of Parliament for
Bursa ( grc-gre, Προῦσα, Proûsa, Latin: Prusa, ota, بورسه, Arabic:بورصة) is a city in northwestern Turkey and the administrative center of Bursa Province. The fourth-most populous city in Turkey and second-most populous in the ...
from CHP in the
1973 Events January * January 1 - The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European Union. * January 15 – Vietnam War: Citing progress in peace negotiations, U.S. ...
and
1977 elections The following elections occurred in the year 1977. Africa * 1977 Afars and Issas Constituent Assembly election * 1977 Algerian legislative election * 1977 Gambian general election * 1976–1977 Guinea-Bissau legislative election * 1977 Malagasy ...
. He was appointed as Minister of National Defense in the 37th, 40th and 42nd cabinet of Turkey. He left the ministry on January 16, 1979. Hasan Esat Işık was also the Deputy Secretary General of the CHP. He was among those who were banned from politics for 5 years by the new constitution following the 1980 coup d'etat. Işık died in Ankara on July 2, 1989.


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* , - , - , - 1916 births 1989 deaths Politicians from Istanbul Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Turkey Republican People's Party (Turkey) politicians Members of the 29th government of Turkey Members of the 37th government of Turkey Members of the 40th government of Turkey Members of the 42nd government of Turkey Galatasaray High School alumni Ankara University Faculty of Law alumni Ambassadors of Turkey to Belgium Ambassadors of Turkey to France Ambassadors of Turkey to Russia Recipients of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany {{Turkey-politician-stub