Suleyman Demirel (November 1, 1924 – June 17, 2015) 18 juin 2015
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The Times (UK) 18 June 2015, p. 43
Obituaries
Indefatigable Turkish leader who served seven times as prime minister and was ousted twice by the military. (suite…)
Suleyman Demirel, 90, Go-to Turkish Leader, Dies 17 juin 2015
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The New York Times (USA) Wednesday, June 17, 2015, p. A 22
Obituary
By Stephen Kinzer; Sebnem Arsu contributed reporting.
Suleyman Demirel, who served seven times as Turkey’s prime minister, dominating the nation’s politics when the country struggled with violence, economic stagnation and military rule, died early Wednesday in Ankara, Turkey. He was 90. (suite…)
Süleyman Demirel obituary 17 juin 2015
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The Guardian (UK) 17 June 2015, p. 39
David Barchard
Dominant figure in Turkey’s politics and seven times its PM. In 1983, three years after a coup, Süleyman Demirel, previously five times Turkish prime minister, was still being held prisoner in a military camp. (suite…)
Kenan Evren, 97, Dies; Led Turkey’s 1980 Coup 11 mai 2015
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The New York Times (USA) Monday, May 11, 2015, p. D 7
By Stephen Kinzer
Gen. Kenan Evren, who led a military coup in Turkey and then imposed the harshest repression in his country’s history, leading to his trial and conviction more than 30 years later, died on Saturday in a military hospital in Ankara. (suite…)
Kenan Evren (July 17, 1917 – May 9, 2015) 11 mai 2015
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The Times (UK) 11 May 2015, p. 51
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Turkish general who became president after leading a coup in 1980 but faced a humiliating end to his life. (suite…)
Kenan Evren 11 mai 2015
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The Guardian (UK) Monday, 11 May 2015, p. 37
Obituaries
David Barchard
Leader of Turkey’s military coup of 1980 and president of the country for seven years. In June last year, a Turkish court in Ankara wrote a final humiliating postscript to the career of the former president Kenan Evren, who has died aged 97. (suite…)
Obituary: Yasar Kemal 2 mars 2015
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The Guardian (UK) Monday, March 2, 2015, p. 39
David Barchard
Turkish writer best known for his novel Memed, My Hawk. The Turkish writer Yasar Kemal, who has died aged 91, found fame after the publication of his first novel, Ince Memed (1955), translated into English as Memed, My Hawk (1961). (suite…)
Yasar Kemal, Master Turkish Novelist and Strident Political Critic, Is Dead 1 mars 2015
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The New York Times (USA) Sunday, March 1, 2015, p. A 22
Obituary
By Stephen Kinzer
Yasar Kemal, the master storyteller who repeatedly clashed with the Turkish state while emerging as his country’s first novelist of global stature, died on Saturday in Istanbul, according to Turkey’s state-run news agency, Anadolu. (suite…)
Andrew Mango 18 septembre 2014
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The Daily Telegraph (UK) Thursday, September 18, 2014, p. 31
Obituaries
Atatiirk’s biographer and an authority on modern Turkey who ran the BBC’s foreign broadcasting service Andrew Mango, who has died aged 88, was Britain’s leading authority on modern Turkey and wrote the definitive biography of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of the Turkish Republic. (suite…)
Sheikh Nazim. Religious leader. Born: 1922 10 mai 2014
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Religion.Tags: Cyprus, Obituaries, Sheikh Nazim, Sufism
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The Independent (London, UK) Saturday, May 10, 2014, p. 40
Obituaries
Paul Levy & Chris Maume
Leading figure of Sufism who became recognised as one of the world’s foremost scholars of the Islamic faith. Sheikh Muhammad Nazim Adil al-Qubrusi al-Haqqani was a leading figure of Sufism, the mystical branch of the Islamic faith. Imam Shakir Alemdar, the vice grand mufti of Cyprus, hailed the Cypriot-born Sheikh Nazim as one of the world’s great Islamic scholars and a spiritual leader to followers of Sufism (suite…)