Cemal Gürsel

Cemal Gürsel
Cemal Gürsel
	Gürsel in 1960
President of Turkey
	In office; 27 May 1960 – 28 March 1966
Prime Minister	Himself ; Fahrettin Özdilek; İsmet İnönü; Süleyman Demirel
Preceded by	Celâl Bayar
Succeeded by	Cevdet Sunay
10th Prime Minister of Turkey
	In office; 27 May 1960 – 27 October 1961
President	Himself
Preceded by	Adnan Menderes
Succeeded by	Fahrettin Özdilek
Commander of the Turkish Army
	In office; 21 August 1958 – 2 June 1960
Preceded by	Mustafa Rüştü Erdelhun
Succeeded by	Cevdet Sunay
Personal details
Born	13 October 1895; Hınıs, Ottoman Empire
Died	14 September 1966 (aged 70); Ankara, Turkey
Cause of death	Apoplexy
Resting place	Turkish State Cemetery
Party	Independent
Spouse	Melahat Gürsel (m. 1927)
Children	1 (biological), 2 (adopted)
Education	Kuleli Military High School
Alma mater	Turkish Military Academy; Turkish Army War Institute;
Signature
Military service
Allegiance	Ottoman Empire; Turkey (from 1922)
Branch/service	Ottoman Army; Turkish Land Forces
Rank	General
Battles/wars	World War I Middle Eastern theatre Gallipoli campaign; Sinai and Palestine Campaign; ; ; Turkish War of Independence Greco-Turkish War Second Battle of İnönü; Battle of Kütahya–Eskişehir; Battle of the Sakarya; Great Offensive; ; ;

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Cemal Gürsel (13 October 1895 – 14 September 1966) was a Turkish military officer and politician who was the president of Turkey, serving from 1960 to 1966 after taking power in a coup d'état.