Fahri Sabit Korutürk was a Turkish

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 navy

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 officer

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, diplomat

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 and the sixth President

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 of Turkey

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Biography

He was born in Istanbul

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, at Soğukçeşme Sokağı

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, a small street between Topkapı Palace

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 and Hagia Sophia

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. He attended the navy cadet school in 1916, was graduated in 1923 and from the Naval Academy

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 in 1933. Korutürk saw active service on cruiser

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s and submarine

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s and later travelled abroad as naval attaché

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 in Rome

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, Berlin

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 and Stockholm

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. In 1936, he participated in Montreux Convention Regarding the Regime of the Turkish Straits

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 as military advisor. He was made rear admiral

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 in 1950 and commanded various units until he became admiral

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After his retirement in 1960 from the post of Commander of the Turkish Navy

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, Korutürk was appointed by the Head of State Cemal Gursel

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 as Turkish ambassador

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 to the Soviet Union

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 and later to Spain

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In 1968, President Cevdet Sunay

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 appointed him member of the senate

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. On 6 April 1973, the Grand National Assembly of Turkey

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 elected him the 6th President of the Republic of Turkey

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. During his term he presided over the 20 July 1974 Turkish Invasion of Cyprus

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 after Archbishop Makarios III

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 was ousted by the Greek officer-led Cypriot National Guard.

Korutürk served the constitutional term of seven years until 6 April 1980. Afterwards he became a permanent senator.

He married Emel Korutürk in 1944 and they had two sons and a daughter. His surname, Korutürk, was given to him by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

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. Fahri Korutürk died in Moda, Istanbul. He was laid to rest in the Turkish State Cemetery

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 in Ankara

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Works

• İskajerak Deniz Muharebesi hakkında bir konferans (A Conference on the Battle of Skagerrak)