About Cemil Bilsel
Lived 1879 – 1949 (aged 69–70). Cemil Bilsel was a Turkish politician.
Professor Cemil Bilsel (1879–1949) was a Turkish lawyer, academic, and politician. He was also the former Rector of the University of Istanbul (1934–1943).
Early life and career Bilsel was born in 1879 in the city of Damascus, in Ottoman Syria, into a family of Turkish origin. In 1903 he graduated from his studies in law, and between 1908–1914 and 1921–1925, Bilsel entered the State Public Law Course at the Law Department of the Darülfünun’u Istanbul.
He also became a national parliament member and an international representative of Turkey in global diplomatic forums. In 1948 he was awarded an honorary doctorate in medicine by the University of Toulouse.
Personal life In addition to speaking Turkish, he could also speak in the Arabic and French languages.
Bilsel died In 1949, at the age of 70.
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Who was Cemil Bilsel?
Turkish attorney and statesperson (1879–1949)
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Cemil Bilsel was born in 1879 in Damascus.
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Cemil Bilsel died on 2 September 1949 in Ankara.
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Cemil Bilsel was a politician.
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Cemil Bilsel was Turkish.
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