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Cemal Gürsel

1895 - 1966

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Cemal Gürsel (Turkish: [dʒeˈmal ɟyɾˈsæl]; 9 June 1894 – 14 September 1966) was a Turkish military officer and politician who was the 4th president of Turkey, serving from 1960 to 1966 after taking power in a coup d'état. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Cemal Gürsel has received more than 438,363 page views. His biography is available in 59 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 54 in 2019). Cemal Gürsel is the 1,650th most popular politician (up from 1,761st in 2019), the 225th most popular biography from Turkey (up from 242nd in 2019) and the 124th most popular Turkish Politician.

Cemal Gürsel is most famous for being the president of Turkey from 1973 to 1980.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Cemal Gürsel ranks 1,650 out of 15,577Before him are Charles II of Naples, Kitbuqa, Emperor Jing of Han, Emperor Wen of Han, Kilij Arslan I, and Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik. After him are Publius Cornelius Scipio, Otto of Bavaria, Danjong of Joseon, Porfirio Díaz, Giulio Andreotti, and Coloman, King of Hungary.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1895, Cemal Gürsel ranks 33Before him are Gerhard Domagk, Anastas Mikoyan, Rudolph Valentino, Folke Bernadotte, Oskar Dirlewanger, and Wilhelm Burgdorf. After him are Levi Eshkol, Vladimir Propp, Ragnar Frisch, Igor Tamm, Ludvík Svoboda, and Machine Gun Kelly. Among people deceased in 1966, Cemal Gürsel ranks 18Before him are Sayyid Qutb, Giuseppe Farina, Chester W. Nimitz, Montgomery Clift, Dietrich von Choltitz, and Felix Steiner. After him are George de Hevesy, Frits Zernike, Lal Bahadur Shastri, Célestin Freinet, Vincent Auriol, and Albert Göring.

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In Turkey

Among people born in Turkey, Cemal Gürsel ranks 225 out of 1,301Before him are Herophilos (-335), Michael Psellos (1018), Celâl Bayar (1883), Pharamond (370), Sabbas the Sanctified (439), and Uzun Hasan (1423). After him are Glycerius (430), Romanos II (938), Dionysius Exiguus (475), Constantine VIII (960), Ahmet Necdet Sezer (1941), and Alexios IV Angelos (1182).

Among POLITICIANS In Turkey

Among politicians born in Turkey, Cemal Gürsel ranks 124Before him are Gyges of Lydia (-790), Ayşe Sultan (1541), Theophanu (960), Celâl Bayar (1883), Pharamond (370), and Uzun Hasan (1423). After him are Glycerius (430), Romanos II (938), Constantine VIII (960), Ahmet Necdet Sezer (1941), Alexios IV Angelos (1182), and Alaeddin Pasha (1250).