Hikmet Sami Türk (born 1935 in Of,

Trabzon Trabzon (; Ancient Greek: Tραπεζοῦς (''Trapezous''), Ophitic Pontic Greek: Τραπεζούντα (''Trapezounta''); Georgian: ტრაპიზონი (''Trapizoni'')), historically known as Trebizond in English, is a city on the B ...

) is a Turkish academic and politician. He was at the faculty of law of Ankara University from 1967 until 1995. Elected to parliament from 1995 to 2002 for the Democratic Left Party, he was Minister of Defense and Minister of Justice. He joined the faculty of

Bilkent University Bilkent University ( tr, Bilkent Üniversitesi) is a private university located in Ankara, Turkey. It was founded by Prof. İhsan Doğramacı in 1984, with the aim of creating a center of excellence in higher education and research. It is constan ...

in 2005. On April 29, 2009 he survived an assassination attempt by Dev-Sol.

Biography

Türk graduated from the

Kabataş Erkek Lisesi Kabataş may refer to: * Kabataş, Beyoğlu, a quarter in the European part of Istanbul, Turkey ** Kabataş (Istanbul Metro), a funicular railway station * Kabataş, Çine, a village in Aydın Province, Turkey * Kabataş, Kemaliye, a village in Erz ...

, and then from Istanbul University's Law Faculty in 1958.kimkimdir.gen.tr
Prof. Dr. Hikmet Sami Türk (1935 - .... )
/ref> He obtained a doctorate from the

University of Cologne The University of Cologne (german: Universität zu Köln) is a university in Cologne, Germany. It was established in the year 1388 and is one of the most prestigious and research intensive universities in Germany. It was the sixth university to ...

in 1964. Returning to Turkey he completed his military service and then joined the faculty of Ankara University in 1967, becoming a full professor in the law faculty in 1978, and teaching there until 1995. In the 1995 and 1999 elections he was elected to the

Grand National Assembly of Turkey 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 Const ...

for the Democratic Left Party (DSP). Under Prime Minister

Mesut Yılmaz Ahmet Mesut Yılmaz () (6 November 1947 – 30 October 2020) was a Turkish politician. He was the leader of the Motherland Party ( tr, Anavatan Partisi, ANAP) from 1991 to 2002, and served three times as Prime Minister of Turkey. His first two p ...

he was Minister of State for Human Rights in 1997 and Minister of Defence in 1999 (January to May), and then Minister of Justice under Prime Minister Bülent Ecevit. He left parliament in 2002, as in the 2002 elections his party failed to reach the 10% threshold needed to enter parliament. However he continued in his party as the vice chairman of the party. Although still a member of DSP, on 1 March 2018 he resigned from this post. He joined the law faculty of

in 2005. In 2009 he survived an attempt to assassinate him at

, when a suicide-bomber's bomb failed to detonate. Today's Zaman, 30 April 2009
Former justice minister escapes assassination attempt
Turk assumed the attack was in retaliation on his approval of the new high security prisons in Turkey in 2000.

References

Living people 1935 births People from Of, Turkey Istanbul University Faculty of Law alumni University of Cologne alumni Ministers of National Defence of Turkey Ministers of Justice of Turkey Democratic Left Party (Turkey) politicians Academic staff of Ankara University Academic staff of Bilkent University Deputies of Trabzon Members of the 21st Parliament of Turkey Members of the 20th Parliament of Turkey Members of the 55th government of Turkey Members of the 57th government of Turkey Survivors of terrorist attacks {{Turkey-politician-stub