Office: | Minister of Public Works and Housing |
Term Start: | 31 March 1975 |
Term End: | 1977 |
Primeminister: | Süleyman Demirel |
Office1: | Minister of Public Works |
Term Start1: | 1973 |
Term End1: | 1974 |
Primeminister1: | Naim Talu |
Birth Date: | 1927 |
Birth Place: | Çankırı, Turkey |
Death Date: | 17 July |
Death Place: | Ankara, Turkey |
Resting Place: | Çankırı, Turkey |
Spouse: | Fügen Ok |
Children: | 2 |
Nurettin Ok (1927–2013) was a Turkish lawyer, journalist and politician who served at the Parliament for five times. He was also a cabinet member in the 1970s.
Ok was born in Çankırı in 1927. He graduated from Kabataş High School, Istanbul, in 1946.[1] He received a degree in law from Istanbul University. He also obtained a master's degree in journalism.[1]
Following his graduation Ok began to work as a lawyer and journalist in his hometown. He was elected as the mayor of Çankırı in 1955, and his term ended shortly after the military coup on 27 May 1960.[1] He won a seat from the Republican Villagers Nation Party representing Çankırı in the general election in 1961.[1] [2] He left the Republican Villagers Nation Party in 1965 becoming a member of the Justice Party.[2] He was also elected as a member of the Parliament in the 1965 elections for the Justice Party.
Ok was appointed minister of public works to the cabinet led by Naim Talu on 15 April 1973.[3] The same year he was again elected as a deputy from Çankırı.[4] Ok was named as the minister of public works and housing on 31 March 1975 to the cabinet led by Prime Minister Süleyman Demirel.[5] Ok was last elected to the Parliament in 1977.[1]
Ok married Fügen Ok in 1967.[6] [7] He had two sons from this marriage.[1]
Ok died in Ankara on 17 July 2013.[4] Funeral prayers for him were performed in Kocatepe Mosque, Ankara, and he was buried in Çankırı.[8]