Sadık Necmettin Sadak (1890 in

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– 21 September 1953 in

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) was a Turkish

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, former minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey and former chairman of the Turkish sports club

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Biography

After graduating from

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in 1910, he studied humanities in the

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, until 1914. After his return to

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, he started to work in fields of sociology. In 1918 he was one of the co-founders of the newspaper ''

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''. In 1928 he was elected as member of

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from

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province . His political success continued and he was elected again for five consecutive times to parliament. He represented Turkey many times in international conferences. Between 1947 and 1950, he was the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey. Sadak also elected as the chairman of

in 1928. Although there was no national football league established in Turkey in the 1920s,

won an

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League title, while Sadak was the president.

References

* Portalistan.com �
''Necmettin Sadık Sadak''
* Biyografi.net �
''Biography of Necmettin Sadak''
* Galatasaray.org �
''Presidents of Galatasaray Sports Club''

External links

* 1890 births 1953 deaths Galatasaray S.K. presidents Ministers of foreign affairs of Turkey Galatasaray High School alumni University of Lyon alumni Akşam people Members of the 16th government of Turkey Members of the 17th government of Turkey Members of the 18th government of Turkey {{Turkey-politician-stub