Selahattin Çetiner Explained

Selahattin Çetiner
Birth Date:1922 7, df=y
Birth Place:Lapseki, Ottoman Empire
Death Place:Bodrum, Muğla Province, Turkey
Nationality:Turkish
Occupation:Military officer
Education:Turkish Military Academy
Party:Independent
Office:Minister of the Interior
Term Start:20 September 1980
Term End:13 December 1983
Successor:Ali Tanrıyar
Spouse:Meral

Selahattin Çetiner (1 July 1922 – 4 June 2023) was a Turkish politician and retired lieutenant general in the Turkish Armed Forces. An independent, he served as Minister of the Interior from 1980 to 1983 following the 1980 Turkish coup d'état.[1] [2]

Çetiner became ill at his home in the Koyunbaba neighborhood of Bodrum.[1] He was taken to a private hospital in Bodrum, Muğla Province, where he died from organ failure on 4 June 2023 at the age of 100.[1] Çetiner was survived by his wife, Meral, daughter, Ümit Dinçel, and son, Atıf Çetiner.[2] His funeral was held with military honors at the Büyük Selimiye Mosque in Istanbul with burial in the city's Zincirlikuyu Cemetery.[1]

Notes and References

  1. News: Eski İçişleri Bakanı Selahattin Çetiner öldü . . 2023-06-04 . 2023-06-26 . Turkish . https://web.archive.org/web/20230618151244/https://www.birgun.net/haber/eski-icisleri-bakani-selahattin-cetiner-oldu-442723 . 2023-06-18 . live.
  2. News: Eski İçişleri Bakanı Çetiner'in cenazesi İstanbul'da toprağa verildi . MyNet . 2023-06-06 . 2023-06-26 . Turkish. https://web.archive.org/web/20230607170404/https://www.mynet.com/eski-icisleri-bakani-cetinerin-cenazesi-istanbulda-topraga-verildi-180105560407 . 2023-06-07 . live.