İsmail Safa Giray (5 March 1931[1] – 20 June 2011[2]) was a Turkish civil engineer and politician from the Motherland Party (Turkish: Anavatan Partisi, ANAP). He was a member of the Turkish parliament and served as Minister of Public Works and Housing,[3] Minister of National Defense,[4] and Minister of Foreign Affairs.[5]
Early life and education
Safa Giray was born in İzmir, Turkey in 1931. He graduated in 1954 with a degree from the Faculty of Civil Engineering at Istanbul Technical University.[6]
Career
Safa Giray entered politics in 1983 along with Turgut Özal from the beginnings of the Motherland Party[7] and was elected into the parliament as an MP from Balıkesir Province.[8] He held the office of Minister of Public Works and Settlement (13 December 1983 – 30 March 1989) in two Turgut Özal cabinets,[3] Minister of National Defense (30 March 1989 – 19 October 1990) in the Yıldırım Akbulut cabinet. He resigned from the position because of inter-party and cabinet conflicts.[4][9] Later, he was appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs (23 June 1991 – 21 November 1991) by Prime minister Mesut Yılmaz. He left politics in 1999 after 16 years.[7]
In 1993, Safa Giray was accused of fraud and misuse of authority during his time of service as Minister of Public Works. He was tried before the Supreme Court[10] in conjunction with the awarding of contracts for motorway construction.[11] He was found not guilty and was acquitted on 12 April 1995.[12]
Safa Giray died on 20 June 2011 in Ankara and was buried in Gölbaşı Cemetery following a state funeral in front of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey and a funeral service at the Kocatepe Mosque.[13]
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- ^ "İTU'de 231'inci Yıl Kutlaması". Star (in Turkish). 9 May 2004. Retrieved 16 May 2010.
- ^ a b Donat, Yavuz (3 November 2004). "Yüce Divan". Sabah (in Turkish). Retrieved 16 May 2010.
- ^ "Türkiye Büyük Millet Meclisi Genel Kurul Tutanağı 20. Dönem 1. Yasama Yılı 63. Birleşim 18/Haziran/1996 Salı" (in Turkish). Grand National Assembly of Turkey. 18 June 1996. Retrieved 16 May 2010.
- ^ Altunışık, Meliha (Spring 2009). Cengiz Kırlı; Zafer Yenal; Deniz Yükseker (eds.). Worldviews and Turkish Foreign Policy in the Middle East (PDF). New Perspectives on Turkey. Vol. 40. İstanbul, Turkey: Homer Academic Publishing House. p. 173. ISSN 1305-3299. Retrieved 10 January 2010.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Mahkemeden Tarihi Gerekçe: Katil Erdoğan Diyen DTP'li 'Çankaya'nın Şişmanı' ile Beraat Etti". TürkTime (in Turkish). 20 December 2009. Archived from the original on 17 July 2011. Retrieved 16 May 2010.
- ^ "Mesut Yılmaz Yüce Divan'da". Radikal (in Turkish). 14 July 2004. Archived from the original on 17 October 2012. Retrieved 16 May 2010.
- ^ "Ayın Tarihi (Nisan 1995)" (in Turkish). Press Office of the Turkish Government. Archived from the original on 13 December 2010. Retrieved 16 May 2010.
- ^ "Eski Bakan Safa Giray vefat etti". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 21 June 2011. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
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