Cevdet Sunay

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Cevdet Sunay was a Turkish army general and statesman who served as the fifth President of Turkey from 1966 to 1973.

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Label Occurrences
Cevdet Sunay canonical 3
Atıfet Sunay 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf President of Turkey
Turkish politician
army general
human
appointedBy Grand National Assembly of Turkey (as President)
burialPlace Turkish State Cemetery
causeOfDeath natural causes
countryOfCitizenship Turkey
dateOfBirth 1899-02-10
dateOfDeath 1982-05-22
educatedAt Erzincan Military High School
Istanbul War Academy
endTime 1973-03-28 (presidency)
familyName Sunay
gender male
givenName Cevdet
honorificPrefix General
memberOf Turkish Armed Forces
militaryBranch Turkish Army
linked to: Turkish Land Forces
militaryRank general
nativeLanguage Turkish
notableFor role in Turkish military and politics during the 1960s
serving as the fifth President of Turkey
ordinalInOffice 5th President of Turkey
participantIn Turkish War of Independence
World War I
placeOfBirth Trabzon Vilayet, Ottoman Empire
linked to: Trabzon Province
placeOfDeath Istanbul, Turkey
linked to: Istanbul
positionHeld Chief of the General Staff of Turkey
Commander of the Turkish Army
President of Turkey
predecessor Cemal Gürsel
religion Islam
residence Çankaya Presidential Mansion (during presidency)
linked to: Çankaya Mansion
serviceEntryYear 1917
serviceRetirementYear 1966
spouse Atıfet Sunay
linked to: Cevdet Sunay
startTime 1966-03-28 (presidency)
successor Fahri Korutürk
workLocation Ankara

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Çankaya Mansion usedBy Cevdet Sunay
Cevdet Sunay spouse Atıfet Sunay
linked to: Cevdet Sunay
Cemal Gürsel succeededBy Cevdet Sunay
Fahri Korutürk predecessor Cevdet Sunay