Sadi Irmak, (1904, Seydişehir
– November 11, 1990, Istanbul
) was a
Turkish academics in physiology, politician and former Prime Minister of
Turkey.
Biography
He was
born in the town Seydişehir of Konya
, Ottoman Empire in 1904. He became
teacher for
biology after finishing the
college in Konya.
However, he quit his job the same year and
attended the Law School at Istanbul University
. In 1925, he went to Germany
on a state
granted scholarship to study biology and medicine. He graduated from the University of
Berlin
in 1929 with a degree in medicine.
After
completing his study, Sadi Irmak worked as an assistant physician
in hospitals in Hagen
and Düsseldorf
, 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 Istanbul
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 and
August 5,
1946, he served as
minister for labor in the cabinet of
Şükrü Saracoğlu.
He
returned to the faculty however in 1950, to lecture first in
Munich
, Germany and then in Istanbul
again. In 1974, he was admitted to the Senate. The same
year, Sadi Irmak was commissioned by
President Fahri Korutürk to form the 38th cabinet.
The caretaker government under his prime ministry lasted from
November 17,
1974
until his resignation on
March 31,
1975 due to a
vote of
no confidence in the parliament. After the military coup on
September 12,
1980,
he was elected to the Consultative Assembly. He acted as its
speaker from
October 27,
1981 until
December 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.
Notes
- School of Communications at Istanbul
University
References
External links
Wikis
Map
Search
