- Sadi Irmak
Sadi Irmak, (1904,
Seydişehir –November 11 ,1990 ,Istanbul ) was a Turkish academics inphysiology , politician and former Prime Minister of Turkey.Biography
He was born in the town
Seydişehir of Konya,Ottoman Empire in 1904. He became teacher forbiology after finishing the college in Konya. However, he quit his job the same year and attended the Law School atİstanbul University . In 1925, he went toGermany on a state granted scholarship to study biology andmedicine . He graduated from theUniversity of Berlin in 1929 with a degree in medicine. After completing his study, Sadi Irmak worked as an assistant physician in hospitals inHagen andDusseldorf , Germany.Returned to
Turkey , he worked as a government physician and teacher for biology. In 1932, he became a lecturer at the School of Medicine of İstanbul University, and in 1939, he was promoted to full professor for physiology.Political career
Sadi Irmak entered politics in 1943 as deputy of Konya. Between
June 7 ,1945 andAugust 5 ,1946 , he served as minister for labor in the cabinet ofŞükrü Saracoğlu . He returned to the faculty however in 1950, to lecture first inMunich , Germany and then inİstanbul again. In 1974, he was admitted to the Senate. The same year, Sadi Irmak was commissioned by PresidentFahri Korutürk to form the 38th cabinet. The caretaker government under his prime ministry lasted fromNovember 17 ,1974 until his resignation onMarch 31 ,1975 due to avote of no confidence in the parliament. After the military coup onSeptember 12 ,1980 , he was elected to the Consultative Assembly. He acted as its speaker fromOctober 27 ,1981 untilDecember 4 ,1983 .Sadi Irmak died on
November 11 ,1990 in Istanbul. He was survived by his wife and two children. His daughter, Prof. Yakut Irmak Özden, is director of the Institute for Atatürk's Ideology and History of His Reforms at Istanbul University. [ [http://www.istanbul.edu.tr/4.boyut/cumhuriyet/dosyalar/birsen_enstitu.htm School of Communications at Istanbul University] tr icon]Notes
References
* [http://www.devletarsivleri.gov.tr/yayin/genelmd/basbakanlik/037_sadiirmak.htm Sadi Irmak's Biography] tr icon
External links
* [http://www.tbmm.gov.tr/biyog/cumsen_8.htm Turkish Grand National Assembly official website] tr icon
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