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Mehmet Sadettin Bilgiç (23 December 1920 20 September 2012), also known by his nickname as Koca Reis, was a Turkish politician and surgeon who served as the
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minister of Transport and Infrastructure from 3 April 1967 to 1 August 1969, and the 30th
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from 21 July 1977 to 18 October 1977.


Early life

Bilgiç was born in
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ing in
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. He obtained his graduation from
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's high school in 1939. He graduated in medicine from the
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in 1947 and subsequently worked as a general
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at various locations until 1957. Bilgiç became general assistant
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at Ankara Numune Hospital in 1957 and surgeon in April 1961.


Political career

He entered in the political race in 1962 when he became deputy and represented
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as Justice Party's candidate in the
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. He was later appointed deputy chairman of the party in April 1964 until November 1964. He was elected as a deputy of
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in the 1965 general election and subsequently was elected as
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on 3 April 1967. Bilgiç was re-elected as deputy of Istanbul in the 1969 general election, however, he was removed from the Justice Party along with his colleagues in June 1970. Following his removal from the party, he founded Democratic Party in 1970 and was elected deputy of Istanbul in the 1973 general election as a candidate of his own party. He left the party in 1975 and rejoined the Justice Party in 1976. He became deputy chairman of the Justice Party following his return. In the 1977 general election, he was re-elected as deputy of Istanbul. He was elected as the
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in the
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, however he resigned from the post on 18 October 1977. He became was banned from politics for 10 years under the 1982 Constitution. He was forced to live in the Çanakkale Front,
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where he spent 4 months from June 1983 to September. Bilgiç returned to politics in 1988 and was appointed to the general administrative board of the
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general and served at this position until 1990. He left his de facto political life after the failure of the Justice Party in the
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.


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bilgiç, Mehmet Sadettin 1920 births 2012 deaths People from Şarkikaraağaç Ministers of transport and infrastructure of Turkey Ministers of national defence of Turkey Istanbul University Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine alumni Justice Party (Turkey) politicians Democratic Party (Turkey, 1970) politicians