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Celâl Bayar

1883 - 1986

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Mahmut Celâlettin "Celâl" Bayar (16 May 1883 – 22 August 1986) was a Turkish economist and politician who was the third president of Turkey from 1950 to 1960; previously he was the prime minister of Turkey from 1937 to 1939. Bayar began his career in the Committee of Union and Progress, establishing its Izmir and Bursa branches. Following the declaration of the Republic, he founded much of Turkey's early financial institutions, including the country's first bank, İş Bankası. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Celâl Bayar has received more than 418,758 page views. His biography is available in 65 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 60 in 2019). Celâl Bayar is the 1,622nd most popular politician (up from 1,703rd in 2019), the 221st most popular biography from Turkey (up from 235th in 2019) and the 121st most popular Turkish Politician.

Celâl Bayar is most famous for being the first president of the Turkish Republic. He was also a member of the Republican People's Party, which was the dominant party in Turkey from 1923 to 1950.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Celâl Bayar ranks 1,622 out of 15,577Before him are Claudia Octavia, Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria, Henry, King of Portugal, Alaric II, Uzziah, and Olybrius. After him are Libius Severus, Crazy Horse, Pharamond, Ptolemy IX Lathyros, Empress Lü, and Axel Oxenstierna.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1883, Celâl Bayar ranks 27Before him are Semyon Budyonny, Theo van Doesburg, Pierre Laval, Maurice Utrillo, Victor Francis Hess, and Johannes Blaskowitz. After him are Andrey Vyshinsky, Lon Chaney, Wang Jingwei, Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy, A. S. Neill, and Alexander Vasilyevich Alexandrov. Among people deceased in 1986, Celâl Bayar ranks 18Before him are Joseph Beuys, Georgia O'Keeffe, Jean Genet, Harold Macmillan, Urho Kekkonen, and Cliff Burton. After him are Henry Moore, Albert Szent-Györgyi, Alva Myrdal, Fritz Albert Lipmann, Dmitry Kabalevsky, and Benny Goodman.

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In Turkey

Among people born in Turkey, Celâl Bayar ranks 221 out of 1,301Before him are Romanos I Lekapenos (870), Gyges of Lydia (-790), Ayşe Sultan (1541), Theophanu (960), Herophilos (-335), and Michael Psellos (1018). After him are Pharamond (370), Sabbas the Sanctified (439), Uzun Hasan (1423), Cemal Gürsel (1895), Glycerius (430), and Romanos II (938).

Among POLITICIANS In Turkey

Among politicians born in Turkey, Celâl Bayar ranks 121Before him are Leo I the Thracian (401), Anchises (null), Romanos I Lekapenos (870), Gyges of Lydia (-790), Ayşe Sultan (1541), and Theophanu (960). After him are Pharamond (370), Uzun Hasan (1423), Cemal Gürsel (1895), Glycerius (430), Romanos II (938), and Constantine VIII (960).