Yekta Güngör Özden

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Yekta Güngör Özden (born 1932) is a retired Turkish lawyer and judge.

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[edit] Biography

Yekta Güngör Özden was born in Niksar, a town in Tokat province of Turkey, in 1932. He was the president of the Constitutional Court of Turkey,[1] from May 8, 1991 until May 8, 1995, and from May 25, 1995 until January 1, 1998, when he retired.[2] He also was the head of "Atatürkçü Düşünce Derneği" (ADD),[1] a leading Turkish non-governmental organization, that has organized Republic Protests, a peaceful mass rally of more than 300,000 people, in Ankara, on April 14-15, 2007.

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  1. ^ a b "Yekta Güngör Özden: 184 yeter", Zaman gazetesi, 2007-04-11. Retrieved on 2007-04-17. (Turkish) 
  2. ^ Anayasa Mahkemesi Emekli Başkanları (Turkish). Retrieved on 2007-04-17.

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Necdet Darıcıoğlu		 President of the Constitutional Court of Turkey
May 8, 1991–Jan 1,1998		 Succeeded by
Ahmet Necdet Sezer
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