Mehmet Arif Demirer (1909 – 10 July 1995) was a Turkish politician of the Democrat Party. He sat as a member ('Deputy') of the 10th and 11th Grand National Assemblies in the 1950s representing the Afyonkarahisar electoral district. He also represented Turkey in the

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in 1954–1955. He served as minister of transport in the 4th Menderes government of 1955–1957. He had graduated from the law faculty of

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, and later studied economics at universities in Berlin and Munich. Outside of politics, Demirer served as the general manager of the Turkish national post and telegraph directorate

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, and also as the chairman of the national

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, which he had earlier, in his role as the minister of transport, restructured and spun out of a public utility into a standalone

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(''Anonim Ortaklığı''). He was one of the passengers in the 1959 Turkish Airlines crash at Gatwick, in which more than half of those onboard died but he survived with injuries.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Demirer, Arif Date of birth missing 1909 births 1995 deaths Democrat Party (Turkey, 1946–1960) politicians Members of the 11th Parliament of Turkey Transport ministers of Turkey Istanbul University Faculty of Law alumni