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Kemal Güven (7 December 1921 – 10 July 2013) was a former speaker of the
Turkish parliament The Grand National Assembly of Turkey ( ), usually referred to simply as the GNAT or TBMM, also referred to as , in Turkish, is the unicameral Turkish legislature. It is the sole body given the legislative prerogatives by the Turkish Consti ...
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Early life

His family is from
Erzincan Erzincan (; ), historically Yerznka (), is the capital of Erzincan Province in eastern Turkey. Nearby cities include Erzurum, Sivas, Tunceli, Bingöl, Elazığ, Malatya, Gümüşhane, Bayburt, and Giresun. The city is majority Turkish Sunni w ...
. He was born in
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(in
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) where his father was serving as a civil servant in 1921. He graduated from the high school in
Kars Kars ( or ; ; ) is a city in northeast Turkey. It is the seat of Kars Province and Kars District. ...
in 1940 and the
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of
Ankara University Ankara University () is a public university, public research university in Ankara, the capital of Turkey. It was the first higher education institution founded in Turkey after the History of the Republic of Turkey, formation of the Turkish republ ...
in 1944. He was one of the earliest graduates of the faculty. He served as the public prosecutor in
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,
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(CHP). In 1954, 1957 and 1961 he was elected MP from
Kars Province Kars Province (; Azerbaijani: Qars Rayonu; ; ) is a province of Turkey, located in the northeastern part of the country. It shares part of its closed border with Armenia. Its area is 10,193 km2, and its population is 274,829 (2022). The pr ...
. In 1965, he briefly returned to his profession in
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as the vice public prosecutor. In 1969, 1973 and 1977 he was reelected MP from Kars Province and served till the Turkish coup d'etat, 1980 on 12 September 1980. In 1973, during the 15th term of the Turkish parliament he was elected as the speaker of the
Turkish Parliament The Grand National Assembly of Turkey ( ), usually referred to simply as the GNAT or TBMM, also referred to as , in Turkish, is the unicameral Turkish legislature. It is the sole body given the legislative prerogatives by the Turkish Consti ...
a post he kept till 1977.Haberler.com
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Death

He died on 10 July 2013 in Ankara. Following the official ceremony, he was laid to rest in the
Turkish State Cemetery The Turkish State Cemetery () 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 of the Republic of Turke ...
.Milliyet newspaper
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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Guven, Kemal 1921 births 2013 deaths Republican People's Party (Turkey) politicians Speakers of the Parliament of Turkey Ankara University Faculty of Law alumni People from Erzincan Deputies of Kars Burials at Turkish State Cemetery