İhsan Sabri Çağlayangil

İhsan Sabri Çağlayangil (1 January 1908, Istanbul – 30 December 1993, Ankara, Turkey) was a Turkish politician and diplomat who served as Acting President of Turkey in 1980, from the Justice Party (Turkish: Adalet Partisi). He also served as Minister of Foreign Affairs three times in the 1960s and 1970s.^[2]

İhsan Sabri Çağlayangil
Çağlayangil in 1968
Acting President of Turkey
In office 6 April 1980 – 12 September 1980
Prime Minister	Süleyman Demirel
Preceded by	Fahri Korutürk
Succeeded by	Kenan Evren
President of the Senate of Turkey
In office 6 November 1979 – 12 September 1980
Preceded by	Sırrı Atalay
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office 27 October 1965 – 26 March 1971
Preceded by	Hasan Esat Işık
Succeeded by	Osman Olcay
In office 31 March 1975 – 21 June 1977
Preceded by	Melih Esenbel
Succeeded by	Ahmet Gündüz Ökçün
In office 21 July 1977 – 5 January 1978
Preceded by	Ahmet Gündüz Ökçün
Succeeded by	Ahmet Gündüz Ökçün
Minister of Labor
In office 20 February 1965 – 27 November 1965
Preceded by	Bülent Ecevit
Succeeded by	Ali Naili Erdem
Personal details
Born	1 January 1908 (1908-01) Istanbul, Ottoman Empire
Died	30 December 1993(1993-12-30) (aged 85) Ankara, Turkey
Resting place	Zincirlikuyu Cemetery, Istanbul
Political party	Justice Party (1961-1980) True Path Party (1987-1993)
Spouse	Emine Furuzende Çağlayangil[1]
Children	Fatma Itır Çağlayangil[1]
Alma mater	Istanbul High School Istanbul University
Occupation	Lawyer diplomat politician

Background and personal life

Çağlayangil was born in Istanbul in 1908 as the son of a man named M. Sabri.^[3] He graduated from Saint-Joseph High School.^[4] Then he entered the School of Law at Istanbul University and graduated in 1932.^[5]

He was married to Firuzende Çağlayangil starting in 1953 and had a daughter named Fatma Itir Çağlayangil.^[1]

Career

After completing his studies he became a civil servant and was in charge of the arrangements for the trial and the hanging of Seyit Riza and several Kurdish leaders of the Dersim Rebellion.^[6] In 1948 he became governor of the Yozgat province, which was followed by stints as governor of Çanakkale in 1953 then Sivas in 1954 until he went to Bursa.^[3] Çağlayangil was Governor of Bursa Province from 1954 to 1960.^[7]

He served as Minister of Labour and Social Security in the 29th government of Turkey, a caretaker government prior to the 1965 general election.^[8] After the election he served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey from 1965 to 1971, until the 1971 coup.^[1]

He was Minister of Foreign Affairs again in 1975–1977, and 1977–1978.^[1] In March 1977, in his role as Minister of Foreign Affairs, he visited the USSR where an agreement was reached between Turkey and the country for long-term economic, scientific, and technical cooperation.^[9] Çağlayangil was Chairman of the Senate from November 7, 1979 to September 12, 1980 (the 1980 coup).^[1] In this capacity he was Acting President of Turkey after Fahri Korutürk's term expired on 6 April 1980.^[1] He was a member of the Justice Party (Turkish: Adalet Partisi).^[2]