İhsan Sabri Çağlayangil

Background and personal life Çağlayangil was born in Istanbul in 1908 as the son of a man named M. Sabri. He graduated from Saint-Joseph High School. Then he entered the School of Law at Istanbul University and graduated in 1932.

He was married to Firuzende Çağlayangil starting in 1953 and had a daughter named Fatma Itir Çağlayangil. In 1948 he became governor of the Yozgat province, which was followed by stints as governor of Çanakkale in 1953 then Sivas in 1954 until he went to Bursa.

He served as Minister of Labour and Social Security in the 29th government of Turkey, a caretaker government prior to the 1965 general election. After the election he served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey from 1965 to 1971, until the 1971 coup. Çağlayangil was Chairman of the Senate from November 7, 1979 to September 12, 1980 (the 1980 coup). In this capacity he was Acting President of Turkey after Fahri Korutürk's term expired on 6 April 1980. He was a member of the Justice Party .