Ferruh Bozbeyli

Ahmet Ferruh Bozbeyli (21 January 1927 – 28 July 2019) was a Turkish politician who served as the speaker of Turkish parliament and the chairman of the Democratic party.

Early life Born in Pazarcık of Kahramanmaraş Province on 21 January 1927. His father's name was Sıddık. His mother died during his birth. After his elementary education in his home town and secondary education in Antakya in 1947, he travelled to Istanbul for university. He finished the law school of Istanbul University in 1957 and he began serving as an attorney. During the Yassıada trials he was one of the attorneys who defended the former Democrat Party politicians.

1973 and 1977 In the presidential elections of 1973 held in the parliament, he was the candidate of his party. But he couldn't get any support other than that of his own party and consequently he lost the election. In the general elections held on 14 October 1973 in which he was reelected as an MP from Istanbul Province, DP received 11.9% of votes and sent 45 representatives to the lower house of the parliament. (It was the third party in terms of the vote percentage and fourth party in terms of the number of representatives.) But after 1973 the party began losing support and in the elections held on 5 June 1977 DP was severely defeated. Even Bozbeyli was unable to be elected. After this defeat Bozbeyli resigned from his post in the party and quit from politics on 18 December 1978.

Later life In later years he served in the board of directors of Türkiye İş Bankası and between 1990 and 1992 he was the chairman of the board. He wrote the following books: He was interred at Turkish State Cemetery in Ankara after a state funeral was held one day later.

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