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Cemal Gürsel

1895 - 1966

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Cemal Gürsel (9 June 1894 – 14 September 1966) was a Turkish military officer and politician who was the fourth president of Turkey, serving from 1960 to 1966 after taking power in a coup d'état. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Cemal Gürsel is the 1,778th most popular politician (down from 1,646th in 2019), the 229th most popular biography from Türkiye (down from 218th in 2019) and the 127th most popular Turkish Politician.

Cemal Gürsel is most famous for being the president of Turkey from 1973 to 1980.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Cemal Gürsel ranks 1,778 out of 19,576. Before him are Christopher of Bavaria, Corazon Aquino, Feodor II of Russia, Hoshea, Raisa Gorbacheva, and Kassym-Jomart Tokayev. After him are Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine, Diadumenian, John Buchan, Shavkat Mirziyoyev, Berenice IV of Egypt, and Dara Shukoh.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1895, Cemal Gürsel ranks 33. Before him are Sergei Yesenin, Henrik Dam, Artturi Ilmari Virtanen, André Frédéric Cournand, Levi Eshkol, and J. Edgar Hoover. After him are Aleksandr Vasilevsky, Cristóbal Balenciaga, Ludvík Svoboda, Machine Gun Kelly, Igor Tamm, and Khorloogiin Choibalsan. Among people deceased in 1966, Cemal Gürsel ranks 16. Before him are Jean Arp, Sayyid Qutb, Giuseppe Farina, Sergei Korolev, Frits Zernike, and George de Hevesy. After him are Felix Steiner, Ken Miles, L. E. J. Brouwer, Montgomery Clift, Chester W. Nimitz, and Dietrich von Choltitz.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Cemal Gürsel ranks 229 out of 1,347. Before him are Constantine VIII (960), Xenocrates (-396), Şah Sultan (1509), Memnon (null), Isaac I Komnenos (1007), and Sabiha Gökçen (1913). After him are Fatma Sultan (1500), Anitta (-1700), Kayqubad I (1188), Glycerius (430), Alexios IV Angelos (1182), and Ali ibn al-Athir (1160).

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Among POLITICIANS In Türkiye

Among politicians born in Türkiye, Cemal Gürsel ranks 127. Before him are Michael II (770), Alexios V Doukas (1140), Constantine VIII (960), Şah Sultan (1509), Memnon (null), and Isaac I Komnenos (1007). After him are Anitta (-1700), Kayqubad I (1188), Glycerius (430), Alexios IV Angelos (1182), Constantine X Doukas (1006), and Yolanda of Flanders (1175).

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