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01-24-2007, 03:43 PM
Former Foreign Minister Cem diedFormer Foreign Minister Ismail Cem died at the age of 67 today. He was taken under treatment in a hospital in Istanbul on December 15th, 2006 due to lung infection, and died at this hospital at 9.50 a.m.
Born in 1940 in Istanbul, Cem was a politician, statesman and former minister of foreign affairs.
Cem finished high school at the Robert College in Istanbul in 1959 and graduated from the School of Law at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland in 1963. He earned a master's degree in sociology of politics at the Ecole Libre des Sciences Politiques in Paris, France in 1983.
Returning home in 1963, Cem started his professional career as a journalist. He worked in some major newspapers and became editor-in-chief of Milliyet. Between 1971-1974, he served as the chief of the Istanbul office of the Turkish Newspaper Workers union. In 1974-1975, he acted as the head of the state-owned Turkish Radio & Television Corporation (TRT).
Cem entered politics after being elected MP of Istanbul in the general elections in 1987. He was re-elected in 1991 again from Istanbul and in 1995 from central city of Kayseri. In 1995, he left the Republican People's Party (CHP) and joined the Democratic Left Party (DSP). He was then appointed Minister of Culture. He served as minister of foreign affairs from June 30, 1997 until July 10, 2002. He was the fourth longest-serving minister of this position in Turkey.
After a dispute with the DSP leader Bulent Ecevit, he resigned from the party ahead of 2002 parliamentary elections and formed the New Turkey Party (YTP) on July 20, 2002 together with his former party colleagues Husamettin Ozkan and Kemal Dervis. Cem was elected YTL leader, which did not do well in the elections.
Returning from the USA, where he underwent medical treatment for cancer, he closed YTP on October 24, 2004 and joined the CHP. Cem acted as chief advisor to CHP leader Deniz Baykal and lectured in Applied Foreign Politics of Turkey at the Istanbul Bilgi University.
He was honored with the "Best Statesman of the Year 2000" award together with Former Greek Minister of Foreign Affairs George Papandreou for fostering closer relations between the two nations.
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Born in 1940 in Istanbul, Cem was a politician, statesman and former minister of foreign affairs.
Cem finished high school at the Robert College in Istanbul in 1959 and graduated from the School of Law at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland in 1963. He earned a master's degree in sociology of politics at the Ecole Libre des Sciences Politiques in Paris, France in 1983.
Returning home in 1963, Cem started his professional career as a journalist. He worked in some major newspapers and became editor-in-chief of Milliyet. Between 1971-1974, he served as the chief of the Istanbul office of the Turkish Newspaper Workers union. In 1974-1975, he acted as the head of the state-owned Turkish Radio & Television Corporation (TRT).
Cem entered politics after being elected MP of Istanbul in the general elections in 1987. He was re-elected in 1991 again from Istanbul and in 1995 from central city of Kayseri. In 1995, he left the Republican People's Party (CHP) and joined the Democratic Left Party (DSP). He was then appointed Minister of Culture. He served as minister of foreign affairs from June 30, 1997 until July 10, 2002. He was the fourth longest-serving minister of this position in Turkey.
After a dispute with the DSP leader Bulent Ecevit, he resigned from the party ahead of 2002 parliamentary elections and formed the New Turkey Party (YTP) on July 20, 2002 together with his former party colleagues Husamettin Ozkan and Kemal Dervis. Cem was elected YTL leader, which did not do well in the elections.
Returning from the USA, where he underwent medical treatment for cancer, he closed YTP on October 24, 2004 and joined the CHP. Cem acted as chief advisor to CHP leader Deniz Baykal and lectured in Applied Foreign Politics of Turkey at the Istanbul Bilgi University.
He was honored with the "Best Statesman of the Year 2000" award together with Former Greek Minister of Foreign Affairs George Papandreou for fostering closer relations between the two nations.
Rest In Peace Great Friend, both countries lost with Cem died http://www.allempires.com/forum/smileys/smiley6.gif