Osman Durmuş
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Osman Durmuş (5 August 1947 – 26 October 2020) was a Turkish physician and politician.


Career

Durmuş was a member of parliament for the
Nationalist Movement Party The Nationalist Movement Party, or alternatively translated as Nationalist Action Party (, MHP), is a Turkish Far-right politics, far-right, ultranationalism, ultranationalist Political parties in Turkey, political party. The group is often de ...
(MHP) from 1999 to 2002, serving as the
Minister of Health A health minister is the member of a country's government typically responsible for protecting and promoting public health and providing welfare spending and other social security services. Some governments have separate ministers for mental heal ...
. He was on the faculty of
Gazi University Gazi University () is a Public university, public research university located primarily in Ankara, Turkey. It was founded in 1926 by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk originally as the Gazi Education Institute (Turkish language, Turkish: ''Gazi Eğitim Ens ...
, becoming associate professor in 1990 and full professor in 2003, after the MHP failed to reach the 10% threshold in the 2002 elections. He was elected again in 2007, representing the Kırıkkale electoral district.


Death

Durmuş died in
Ankara Ankara is the capital city of Turkey and List of national capitals by area, the largest capital by area in the world. Located in the Central Anatolia Region, central part of Anatolia, the city has a population of 5,290,822 in its urban center ( ...
following a
brain hemorrhage The brain is an organ (biology), organ that serves as the center of the nervous system in all vertebrate and most invertebrate animals. It consists of nervous tissue and is typically located in the head (cephalization), usually near organs for ...
on 26 October 2020. He was buried at
Karşıyaka Cemetery The Karşıyaka Cemetery () is a modern burial ground located at Karşıyaka neighborhood in Yenimahalle district of Ankara Province, Turkey Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West ...
the following day, after a state funeral was held.


References

1947 births 2020 deaths People from Çankırı Ankara University Faculty of Medicine alumni Academic staff of Gazi University 20th-century Turkish physicians Nationalist Movement Party politicians Ministers of health of Turkey Members of the 23rd Parliament of Turkey Members of the 21st Parliament of Turkey Burials at Karşıyaka Cemetery, Ankara {{turkey-politician-stub