İhsan Sabri Çağlayangil

İhsan Sabri Çağlayangil
İhsan Sabri Çağlayangil in 1968
Çağlayangil in 1968
Acting President of Turkey
In office
6 April 1980 – 12 September 1980
Prime MinisterSüleyman Demirel
Preceded byFahri Korutürk
Succeeded byKenan Evren
President of the Senate of Turkey
In office
6 November 1979 – 12 September 1980
Preceded bySırrı Atalay
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
27 October 1965 – 26 March 1971
Preceded byHasan Esat Işık
Succeeded byOsman Olcay
In office
31 March 1975 – 21 June 1977
Preceded byMelih Esenbel
Succeeded byAhmet Gündüz Ökçün
In office
21 July 1977 – 5 January 1978
Preceded byAhmet Gündüz Ökçün
Succeeded byAhmet Gündüz Ökçün
Minister of Labor
In office
20 February 1965 – 27 November 1965
Preceded byBülent Ecevit
Succeeded byAli Naili Erdem
Personal details
Born1 January 1908 (1908-01)
Istanbul, Ottoman Empire
Died30 December 1993(1993-12-30) (aged 85)
Ankara, Turkey
Resting placeZincirlikuyu Cemetery, Istanbul
Political partyJustice Party (1961-1980)
True Path Party (1987-1993)
SpouseEmine Furuzende Çağlayangil[1]
ChildrenFatma Itır Çağlayangil[1]
Alma materIstanbul High School
Istanbul University
Occupation
  • Lawyer
  • diplomat
  • politician

İhsan Sabri Çağlayangil (1 January 1908, Istanbul – 30 December 1993, Ankara, Turkey) was a Turkish politician and diplomat who served as Acting President of Turkey in 1980, from the Justice Party (Turkish: Adalet Partisi). He also served as Minister of Foreign Affairs three times in the 1960s and 1970s.[2]

Background and personal life

Çağlayangil was born in Istanbul in 1908 as the son of a man named M. Sabri.[3] He graduated from Saint-Joseph High School.[4] Then he entered the School of Law at Istanbul University and graduated in 1932.[5]

He was married to Firuzende Çağlayangil starting in 1953 and had a daughter named Fatma Itir Çağlayangil.[1]

Career

After completing his studies he became a civil servant and was in charge of the arrangements for the trial and the hanging of Seyit Riza and several Kurdish leaders of the Dersim Rebellion.[6] In 1948 he became governor of the Yozgat province, which was followed by stints as governor of Çanakkale in 1953 then Sivas in 1954 until he went to Bursa.[3] Çağlayangil was Governor of Bursa Province from 1954 to 1960.[7]

He served as Minister of Labour and Social Security in the 29th government of Turkey, a caretaker government prior to the 1965 general election.[8] After the election he served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey from 1965 to 1971, until the 1971 coup.[1]

He was Minister of Foreign Affairs again in 1975–1977, and 1977–1978.[1] In March 1977, in his role as Minister of Foreign Affairs, he visited the USSR where an agreement was reached between Turkey and the country for long-term economic, scientific, and technical cooperation.[9] Çağlayangil was Chairman of the Senate from November 7, 1979 to September 12, 1980 (the 1980 coup).[1] In this capacity he was Acting President of Turkey after Fahri Korutürk's term expired on 6 April 1980.[1] He was a member of the Justice Party (Turkish: Adalet Partisi).[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Türk Parlamento Tarihi I. Cilt" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 July 2022.
  2. ^ a b "İhsan Sabri Çağlayangil". Archived from the original on 18 May 2009.
  3. ^ a b Tamkoç, Metin (1976). The Warrior Diplomats: Guardians of the National Security and Modernization of Turkey. University of Utah Press. p. 320. ISBN 978-0-87480-115-6. Retrieved 17 April 2025.
  4. ^ "Ambassadeurs et Affaires étrangères" (in French). Saint-Joseph. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
  5. ^ Cumhuriyetin 75 yılı (in Turkish). Yapı Kredi Kültür Sanat Yayıncılık. 1998. p. 1040. ISBN 978-975-363-938-5. Retrieved 17 April 2025.
  6. ^ Van Bruinessen, Martin (1994). Andreopoulos, George J. (ed.). Conceptual and historical dimensions of genocide. University of Pennsylvania Press. pp. 141–170.
  7. ^ "VALİ (Bursa valileri)". www.bgc.org.tr. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 17 April 2025.
  8. ^ Yalçın, E. Semih (2009). Cumhuriyet döneminde Doğu Anadolu'ya yapılan kamu harcamaları (1960-1980) (in Turkish). Berikan Yayınevi. p. 167. ISBN 978-975-267-302-1. Retrieved 17 April 2025.
  9. ^ Soviet Foreign Policy: 1945-1980. Progress Publishers. 1981. p. 621. Retrieved 17 April 2025.
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