Sadi Irmak
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Sadi Irmak, (1904-November 11, 1990) was a Turkish academics in physiology, politician and former Prime Minister of Turkey.
He was born in 1904 in the town Seydişehir of Konya, Turkey. 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 İstanbul 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 Dusseldorf, 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.
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 İstanbul 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.
He was succeeded by his wife and two children.
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- Biography (Turkish)
- Turkeish Grand National Assembly official website (Turkish)
| Preceded by Bülent Ecevit |
Prime Minister of Turkey 1974–1975 |
Succeeded by Süleyman Demirel |
| Preceded by Cahit Karakaş |
Speaker of the Parliament of Turkey 1981–1983 |
Succeeded by Necmettin Karaduman |
| Prime Ministers of the Republic of Turkey |  |
|---|---|
| Turkish War of Independence (1920 - 1923) Mustafa Kemal Atatürk • Fevzi Çakmak • Rauf Orbay • Ali Fethi Okyar |
| Speakers of the Parliament of the Republic of Turkey | |
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| Grand National Assembly (1920 - 1960) Mustafa Kemal Atatürk • Ali Fethi Okyar • Kazım Özalp • Mustafa Abdulhalik Renda • Kazım Karabekir • Ali Fuat Cebesoy • Şükrü Saracoğlu • Refik Koraltan House of Representatives (1961) Kazım Orbay National Assembly (1961 - 1980) Fuat Sirmen • Ferruh Bozbeyli • Sabit Osman Avcı • Kemal Güven • Cahit Karakaş Consultative Assembly (1981 - 1983) Sadi Irmak Grand National Assembly (1983 - present) Necmettin Karaduman • Yıldırım Akbulut • İsmet Kaya Erdem • Hüsamettin Cindoruk • İsmet Sezgin • Mustafa Kalemli • Hikmet Çetin • Ömer İzgi • Bülent Arınç |
