Fahri Korutürk

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

Fahri Korutürk held public office at a time when the terms of that office were themselves being contested.

The record lists Fahri Korutürk as 6th President of the Republic of Turkey (1903–1987).

Fahri Korutürk was born at Fatih in 1903. His recorded nationality is Turkey. He was educated at Turkish Naval Academy.

Around the turn of the twentieth century, mass movements, total war and the collapse of empires reshaped what a political career could be.

The offices held were President of Turkey (1973–1980), Turkish ambassador to the Soviet Union (1960–1964) and senator (1980–1980).

His political affiliation is recorded as independent politician.

Power is judged twice: once by contemporaries who felt it, and again by historians who did not.

Formal honours included the Knight Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic, Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of the White Rose of Finland (1977) and Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (1958).

That the career was made in Turkey is not incidental: the institutions available, the franchise, and the constraints of the moment all shaped what could be attempted.

Fahri Korutürk died in 1987, aged 84. The assessment continues, as it does for anyone who held power - which is the ordinary fate of a political life.

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