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Suleyman Demirel dies: Turkish leader was ousted by military twice | Suleyman Demirel dies: Turkish leader was ousted by military twice |
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Suleyman Demirel, a former long-serving prime minister and then president of Turkey, has died in hospital aged 90, according to reports. | |
Demirel was twice toppled by the military. He was prime minister seven times through the 1960s to the 1990s and president from 1993 to 2000. | Demirel was twice toppled by the military. He was prime minister seven times through the 1960s to the 1990s and president from 1993 to 2000. |
Demirel died early on Wednesday at the Guven hospital in Ankara where he had been undergoing treatment for a respiratory tract infection, a hospital official told Reuters. | |
Born to a farming family in the western Turkish province of Isparta in November 1924, Demirel trained as a civil engineer, according to an official government biography. He first came to power at the head of the Justice party in general elections held five years after a 1960 coup. | |
Known as Baba, or Dad, to his followers in Turkey’s farming heartland during his years in power, he served during a period of unstable coalitions that was brought to an end when the ruling AK party founded by Tayyip Erdoğan came to power in 2002. | |
Turkey now faces a return to coalition politics after the AKP failed to secure a majority government in 7 June elections, marking a major setback for a party that has held power while Turkey became one of the world’s top 20 economies. |
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