Kemal Satır (21 April 1911 – 23 May 1991) was a
Turkish physician and politician.
Early years
He was born in
Adana
Adana is a large city in southern Turkey. The city is situated on the Seyhan River, inland from the northeastern shores of the Mediterranean Sea. It is the administrative seat of the Adana Province, Adana province, and has a population of 1 81 ...
. After finishing the School of Medicine in
Istanbul University
Istanbul University, also known as University of Istanbul (), is a Public university, public research university located in Istanbul, Turkey. Founded by Mehmed II on May 30, 1453, a day after Fall of Constantinople, the conquest of Constantinop ...
, he began working as a radiology expert in 1937. He also became a member of
Republican People's Party
The Republican People's Party (RPP; , CHP ) is a Kemalism, Kemalist and Social democracy, social democratic political party in Turkey. It is the oldest List of political parties in Turkey, political party in Turkey, founded by Mustafa Kemal ...
(CHP). Between 1943 and 1950, he was the MP from
Adana Province
Adana Province () is a Provinces of Turkey, province and Metropolitan municipalities in Turkey, metropolitan municipality of Turkey located in central Cilicia. The administrative seat of the province is the city of Adana, home to 78.25% of the r ...
, and between 1949-1950, he served as the
Minister of Transportation in the
18th government of Turkey (
Şemsettin Günaltay
Mehmet Åžemsettin Günaltay (; 17 July 1883 – 19 October 1961) was a Turkish historian, politician, and Prime Minister of Turkey from 1949 to 1950.
Biography
Günaltay was born 1883 in the Kemaliye town of the Vilayet of Mamuret-ul-Az ...
's cabinet).
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After 1950
After the defeat of CHP in
1950 elections, in which he lost his seat in the parliament, he returned to medical practice. In
1957
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, he was elected as the MP from
Elazığ Province
Elazığ () is a city in the Eastern Anatolia Region, Eastern Anatolia region of Turkey, and the administrative centre of Elazığ Province and Elazığ District. Founded in and around the former city of Harput, it is located in the uppermost Euph ...
, and continued as Elazığ MP up to 1969, when he changed his electoral province to Adana again. Between 1963 and 1965, he became the deputy prime minister in the
cabinet of
İsmet İnönü
Mustafa İsmet İnönü (24 September 1884 – 25 December 1973) was a Turkish politician and military officer who served as the second List of Presidents of Turkey, president of Turkey from 1938 to 1950, and as its Prime Minister of Turkey, pr ...
.
Strife in the party
Kemal Satır also served in the party administration. From 1962 to 1966, he became the secretary general of CHP. He was known as a moderate politician, and tried to keep the balance during the intra party struggle between
Bülent Ecevit
Mustafa Bülent Ecevit (; 28 May 1925 – 5 November 2006) was a Turkish politician, statesman, poet, writer, scholar, and journalist. He served as the Prime Minister of Turkey four times between 1974 and 2002. He served as prime minister in 197 ...
and
Turhan FeyzioÄŸlu
Turhan Feyzioğlu (1922 – 24 March 1988) was a Turkish academic and a politician.
Early life
He was born in Kayseri. After finishing the primary school in Kayseri, he attended Galatasaray High School and later studied at Istanbul University ...
. However, after Turhan Feyzioğlu and his group left the party, he became the main opponent of Bülent Ecevit. After Bülent Ecevit became the chairman of the party, Kemal Satır and a group of MPs left the party.
Republican Party
He formed a party named
Republican Party. The party was founded on 4 September 1972. He was elected as the chairman of the party. The new established party lived short. On 28 February 1973, it merged to
Nationalist Reliance Party (aka Reliance Party) of Turhan FeyzioÄŸlu. After merging, the party was renamed
Republican Reliance Party. Kemal Satır became the vice president. During this period, he served as the deputy prime minister in
Naim Talu's cabinet once more.
Last years
After the
election defeat in 1973, he resigned from the politics. He took part in the board of directors of two banks.
Online info
He died in 1991.
See also
* 18th government of Turkey
* 28th government of Turkey
* 36th government of Turkey
References
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1911 births
1991 deaths
People from Adana
People from Adana vilayet
Republican People's Party (Turkey) politicians
Republican Reliance Party politicians
Deputy prime ministers of Turkey
Ministers of state of Turkey
Ministers of transport and communications of Turkey
Members of the 18th government of Turkey
Members of the 28th government of Turkey
Members of the 36th government of Turkey
Members of the 7th Parliament of Turkey
Members of the 8th Parliament of Turkey
Members of the 11th Parliament of Turkey
Members of the Constituent Assembly of Turkey
Members of the 12th Parliament of Turkey
Members of the 13th Parliament of Turkey
Members of the 14th Parliament of Turkey
Deputies of Adana
Deputies of Elazığ
Leaders of political parties in Turkey
Turkish radiologists
20th-century Turkish physicians
Istanbul University Faculty of Medicine alumni