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Fahri Korutürk
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Person

Fahri Korutürk

1903 – 1987 · aged 84

6th President of the Republic of Turkey (1903–1987)

Born
3 Aug 1903 · Fatih
Died
12 Oct 1987 · Istanbul
Part ofOttoman Empire1299 – 1922Turkey1,258 BCE – todayIslam557 CE – today

Life timeline

Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.

Showing 97 years
  1. 3 Aug 1903BornBorn in Fatih
  2. 1958AwardGrand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
  3. 1960 – 1964RoleTurkish ambassador to the Soviet Union
  4. 1973 – 1980RolePresident of Turkey
  5. 1977AwardGrand Cross with Collar of the Order of the White Rose of Finland
  6. 1980RoleSenator
  7. 12 Oct 1987DiedDied in Istanbul

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1903 – 1987).

  1. 1904 – 1905Russo-Japanese War
  2. 1914 – 1918World War I
  3. 1915 – 1923Armenian genocide
  4. 1917Balfour Declaration
  5. 1917February Revolution
  6. 1917October Revolution
  7. 1917 – 1922Russian Civil War
  8. 1919 – 1920Paris Peace Conference
  9. 1920Treaty of Versailles
  10. 1933 – 1945The Holocaust
  11. 19341934 FIFA World Cup
  12. 19361936 Summer Olympics
  13. 1937 – 1945Second Sino-Japanese War
  14. 19381938 FIFA World Cup
  15. 1938Munich Agreement
  16. 1939 – 1940Winter War
  17. 1939 – 1945World War II
  18. 1940 – 1945Auschwitz concentration camp
  19. 1941Attack on Pearl Harbor
  20. 1941 – 1945Eastern Front
  21. 1941Operation Barbarossa
  22. 1942 – 1943Battle of Stalingrad
  23. 1945Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
  24. 1945 – 1946Nuremberg trials
  25. 19501950 FIFA World Cup
  26. 1950 – 1953Korean War
  27. 1953 – 1959Cuban Revolution
  28. 19541954 FIFA World Cup
  29. 1955 – 1975Vietnam War
  30. 1956Hungarian Revolution of 1956
  31. 1956Suez Crisis
  32. 19581958 FIFA World Cup
  33. 1959Antarctic Treaty System
  34. 19621962 FIFA World Cup
  35. 1962Cuban Missile Crisis
  36. 19661966 FIFA World Cup
  37. 1966 – 1976Cultural Revolution
  38. 1968Prague Spring
  39. 1969Apollo 11 Moon landing
  40. 19721972 Summer Olympics

Biography

Fahri Sabit Korutürk (15 August 1903 – 12 October 1987) was a Turkish admiral, diplomat and politician who was the president of Turkey from 1973 to 1980. Before his presidency, he served as the 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.

Text from the Wikipedia article Fahri Korutürk, CC BY-SA 4.0

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