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Fahri Korutürk

1903 - 1987

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Fahri Sabit Korutürk (15 August 1903 – 12 October 1987) was a Turkish admiral, diplomat and politician who was the sixth president of Turkey from 1973 to 1980. Before his presidency, he served as the 3rd commander of the Turkish Naval Forces from 1957 to 1960. He was also a member of the Senate of the Republic from 1968 to 1973 and again in 1980. Prior to his senatorship, he served as Turkey's ambassador to the Soviet Union from 1960 to 1964. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Fahri Korutürk is the 2,232nd most popular politician (down from 2,045th in 2019), the 266th most popular biography from Türkiye (down from 251st in 2019) and the 145th most popular Turkish Politician.

Fahri Korutürk is most famous for being the founder of the Turkish Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) and the former Prime Minister of Turkey.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Fahri Korutürk ranks 2,232 out of 19,576. Before him are Jang Song-thaek, Unas, Jehoram of Judah, Vincent Auriol, Gegeen Khan, and Agostinho Neto. After him are Theophanu, Dalia Grybauskaitė, Albert III, Duke of Austria, Michael D. Higgins, Qutuz, and James IV of Scotland.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1903, Fahri Korutürk ranks 31. Before him are Hugo Theorell, Anaïs Nin, Mustafa Barzani, Karl Hanke, Rudolf Abel, and Nikolai Podgorny. After him are José Antonio Primo de Rivera, Raymond Queneau, John Dillinger, Hans Jonas, Irène Némirovsky, and John Eccles. Among people deceased in 1987, Fahri Korutürk ranks 20. Before him are Marguerite Yourcenar, William Stuart-Houston, William P. Murphy, Thomas Sankara, Jacques Anquetil, and Pola Negri. After him are Jascha Heifetz, Georg Wittig, Lino Ventura, Lawrence Kohlberg, John Huston, and Lee Marvin.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Fahri Korutürk ranks 266 out of 1,347. Before him are Alexander (870), Alexios II Komnenos (1169), Theophanes the Confessor (758), Helenus (null), Anthemius of Tralles (474), and Basiliscus (500). After him are Theophanu (960), Adnan Menderes (1899), Philemon (100), Niketas Choniates (1155), Phorcys (null), and André Chénier (1762).

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Among POLITICIANS In Türkiye

Among politicians born in Türkiye, Fahri Korutürk ranks 145. Before him are Kenan Evren (1917), Sultan Cem (1459), Alexander (870), Alexios II Komnenos (1169), Helenus (null), and Basiliscus (500). After him are Theophanu (960), Adnan Menderes (1899), Phorcys (null), Anchises (null), Dardanus (null), and Michael IX Palaiologos (1277).

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