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Kenan Evren

1917 - 2015

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Ahmet Kenan Evren (17 July 1917 – 9 May 2015) was a Turkish military officer and dictator who served as the seventh president of Turkey from 1980 to 1989. He assumed the post by leading the 1980 military coup. On 18 June 2014, a Turkish court sentenced him to life imprisonment and demotion of his military rank, (down to private from army general) for leading the military coup in 1980. He was found guilty of obstructing democracy by deposing the prime minister Süleyman Demirel and of abolishing the parliament, senate and the constitution. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Kenan Evren is the 2,038th most popular politician (up from 2,113th in 2019), the 255th most popular biography from Türkiye (up from 262nd in 2019) and the 139th most popular Turkish Politician.

Kenan Evren was a Turkish military officer who led the 1980 coup d'état that overthrew the government of the Turkish democratic republic.

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Among politicians, Kenan Evren ranks 2,038 out of 19,576. Before him are Ferdinand I of Portugal, Joachim Frederick, Elector of Brandenburg, Scorpion I, James II of Aragon, B. D. Jatti, and Maria Josepha of Austria. After him are Klaus Iohannis, Alexandre Millerand, Walter Scheel, Amon of Judah, Tekuder, and Beji Caid Essebsi.

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Among people born in 1917, Kenan Evren ranks 25. Before him are I. M. Pei, Robert Mitchum, Ernest Borgnine, Joan Clarke, John Cornforth, and Robert Burns Woodward. After him are Anthony Burgess, Donald Davidson, Sidney Sheldon, Leonid Hurwicz, Óscar Romero, and Andrew Huxley. Among people deceased in 2015, Kenan Evren ranks 27. Before him are Yves Chauvin, Richard von Weizsäcker, Laura Antonelli, Dusty Rhodes, Josef Masopust, and Leonard Nimoy. After him are Val Logsdon Fitch, Ulrich Beck, Khaled al-Asaad, Yoichiro Nambu, Manoel de Oliveira, and Richard F. Heck.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Kenan Evren ranks 255 out of 1,347. Before him are Nikephoros III Botaneiates (1002), Arcesilaus (-315), Uzun Hasan (1423), Herophilos (-335), Ahmet Necdet Sezer (1941), and Yunus Emre (1240). After him are Pancras of Rome (289), Socrates of Constantinople (380), Sultan Cem (1459), Thecla (100), Alexander (870), and Alexios II Komnenos (1169).

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Among POLITICIANS In Türkiye

Among politicians born in Türkiye, Kenan Evren ranks 139. Before him are Yolanda of Flanders (1175), Briseis (null), Romanos III Argyros (968), Nikephoros III Botaneiates (1002), Uzun Hasan (1423), and Ahmet Necdet Sezer (1941). After him are Sultan Cem (1459), Alexander (870), Alexios II Komnenos (1169), Helenus (null), Basiliscus (500), and Fahri Korutürk (1903).

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