Ahmet Ferruh Bozbeyli (21 January 1927 – 28 July 2019) was a Turkish politician who served as the speaker of

Turkish parliament The Grand National Assembly of Turkey ( tr, ), usually referred to simply as the TBMM or Parliament ( tr, or ''Parlamento''), is the unicameral Turkish legislature. It is the sole body given the legislative prerogatives by the Turkish Consti ...

and the chairman of the Democratic party.

Early life

Born in

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in 1927. His father’s name was Sıddık. His mother died during his birth. After his elementary education in his home town and secondary education in

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in 1947, he travelled to

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for university. He finished the law school of

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in 1957 and he began serving as an attorney. During the

Yassıada trials The Yassıada Trials were a series of criminal cases in Turkey brought by the military regime against politicians of the formerly ruling Democrat Party. Following the coup which removed the Democrats from power on May 27, 1960, the military junta ...

he was one of the attorneys who defended the former Democrat Party politicians.

Parliament speaker

In 1961, he became a member of the newly founded Justice Party (AP) and in the

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held on 15 December 1961 he was elected as an MP from

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. During his second term between 1965–1969 he was elected as the speaker of the

. He kept this position in his third term after 1969.

Democratic Party

In AP Bozbeyli was a part of a group known as the supporters of the pre-1960 Democrat Party politicians. They accused AP leadership of being uninterested in the political rights of the former politicians. In 1970 October Ferruh Bozbeyli resigned from his post in the parliament administration. One month later he also resigned with 40 other MPs (so-called 41s) from his party to form a new party. They founded Democratic Party (DP) on 18 December 1970 and Ferruh Bozbeyli became the chairman of the new party.

1973 and 1977

In the Presidential elections of 1973 held in the parliament, he was the candidate of his party. But he couldn't get any support other than that of his own party and consequently he lost the election. In the

general elections A general election is a political voting election where generally all or most members of a given political body are chosen. These are usually held for a nation, state, or territory's primary legislative body, and are different from by-elections ( ...

held on 18 October 1973 in which he was reelected as an MP from Istanbul Province, DP received 11.9% of votes and sent 45 representatives to the lower house of the parliament. (It was the third party in terms of the vote percentage and fourth party in terms of the number of representatives.) But after 1973 the party began losing support and in the

held on 5 June 1977 DP was severely defeated. Even Bozbeyli was unable to be elected. After this defeat Bozbeyli resigned from his post in the party and quit from politics on 18 December 1978.

Later life

In later years he served in the board of directors of

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and between 1990–1992 he was the chairman of the board.Kahramanmaraş page
/ref> He wrote the following books: *''Türkiye'de Siyasal Partilerin Ekonomik ve Sosyal Görüşleri'' (1969, "Social and political programs of the political parties in Turkey") *''Demokratik Sağ'' (1976, "Democratic Right") *''Politika Sanatı'' (1980 "Art of Politics") * ''Yalnız Demokrat'' (2009, "Lonely Democrat", memoirs)

Death

He died in an Ankara hospital in which he was treated for kidney and lung diseases. He was interred at

Turkish State Cemetery The Turkish State Cemetery ( tr, Devlet Mezarlığı) is a national and military cemetery in Ankara, Turkey, containing the graves of the presidents of Turkey and the high-ranked, close companions-in-arms of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder ...

( tr, Devlet Mezarlığı) in Ankara after a

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was held one day later.Eski TBMM Başkanı Ahmet Ferruh Bozbeyli toprağa verildi
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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bozbeyli Ferruh People from Pazarcık 1927 births 2019 deaths Justice Party (Turkey) politicians 20th-century Turkish politicians Istanbul University Faculty of Law alumni Speakers of the Parliament of Turkey Burials at Turkish State Cemetery Deputy Speakers of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey