İsmail Cem

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Ismail Cem (right) with United States Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld

İsmail Cem İpekçi (born February 15, 1940 in Istanbul , † January 24, 2007 ibid) was a Turkish journalist and politician.

Life

Cem came from a respected family who lived in Saloniki (Selânik) for hundreds of years and had to leave the country in connection with the population exchange between Greece and Turkey in 1923 .

After İsmail Cem graduated from Robert College in Istanbul in 1959, he studied at the Law Faculty of the University of Lausanne in 1963 . In 1983 he received a master's degree in sociology of politics from the École libre des sciences politiques in Paris . He was fluent in French and English.

After returning to Turkey in 1963, Cem began his career as a journalist . He became editor of Milliyet , later Cumhuriyet . Between 1971 and 1974 he headed the Turkish Journalists' Union ( Türkiye Gazeteciler Sendikası ). Under the first government of Prime Minister Bülent Ecevit (1974/75) he became director of the state television and radio station TRT .

On June 30, 1997, Cem became Foreign Minister under Ecevit. In various negotiations he achieved a better relationship with Greece. He maintained a good relationship with the Greek Foreign Minister Giorgos Andrea Papandreou , which was also kept on friendly terms later on. He also advocated a strong bond between Turkey and the European Union.

At the end of a serious economic and political crisis in which Turkey got caught from 2001, Cem resigned from his office and left the Democratic Left Party (DSP). With his former ministerial colleagues Hüsamettin Özkan and Kemal Derviş , he founded the New Turkey Party (YTP), which was unsuccessful in the subsequent election . Then he withdrew from active politics.

İsmail Cem and Elçin Cem had a daughter, İpek, and a son, Kerim. He was a dedicated amateur photographer. On January 24, 2007, Cem died of lung cancer in Istanbul .

Books

  • Türkiye'de Geri Kalmışlığın Tarihi , 512 pages, Can, ISBN 975-510-791-6
  • Türkiye Üzerine Yazılar
  • 12 Mart
  • TRT'de 500 Gün
  • Siyaset Yazıları
  • Geçiş Dönemi Türkiye'si
  • Sosyal Demokrasi ya da democracy Sosyalizm Nedir, Ne Değildir? , 311 pages, Can, ISBN 975-510-801-7
  • Türkiye'de Sosyal Demokrasi
  • Engeller ve Çözümler
  • Yeni Sol, Sol'daki Arayış , 340 pages, Can, ISBN 975-8440-16-0
  • Gelecek İçin Denemeler , 344 pages, Can, ISBN 975-8440-18-7
  • Türkiye, Avrupa, Avrasya I, Strateji-Yunanistan-Kıbrıs , 298 pp, Istanbul Bilgi University (2004), ISBN 975-6857-88-9
  • Avrupa'nın Birliği ve Türkiye , 364 pages, Istanbul Bilgi University (2005), ISBN 975-6176-27-X

Awards

He was honored with the Best Statesman of the Year 2000 award , along with the Greek Foreign Minister Giorgos Andrea Papandreou for promoting dialogue between the two nations.

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personal data
SURNAME Cem, İsmail
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Cem Öztürki İpekçi, İsmail
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Turkish journalist and politician
DATE OF BIRTH February 15, 1940
PLACE OF BIRTH Istanbul , Turkey
DATE OF DEATH January 24, 2007
Place of death Istanbul , Turkey