Necmettin Sadak

Necmettin Sadak
Turkish Foreign Minister
In office 10 September 1947 – 22 May 1950
Preceded by	Hasan Saka
Succeeded by	Mehmet Fuat Köprülü
Personal details
Born	1890 Isparta, Ottoman Empire
Died	21 September 1953(1953-09-21) (aged 63) New York City, United States

Sadık Necmettin Sadak (1890 in Isparta, Ottoman Empire – 21 September 1953 in New York City) was a Turkish politician, former minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey and former chairman of the Turkish sports club Galatasaray.

Biography

After graduating from Galatasaray High School in 1910, he studied humanities in the University of Lyon, France, until 1914. After his return to Turkey, he started to work in fields of sociology. In 1918 he was one of the co-founders of the newspaper Akşam.

In 1928 he was elected as member of national parliament from Sivas province . His political success continued and he was elected again for five consecutive times to parliament. He represented Turkey many times in international conferences. Between 1947 and 1950, he was the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey. Sadak also elected as the chairman of Galatasaray in 1928. Although there was no national football league established in Turkey in the 1920s, Galatasaray won an Istanbul League title, while Sadak was the president.

References

• Portalistan.com – Necmettin Sadık Sadak
• Biyografi.net – Biography of Necmettin Sadak
• Galatasaray.org – Presidents of Galatasaray Sports Club

External links

• Works by or about Necmettin Sadak at Internet Archive

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Foreign ministers of Turkey

• Bekir Sami Kunduh (1920–21)
• Ahmet Muhtar Mollaoğlu (1921)
• Yusuf Kemal Tengirşenk (1921–22)
• İsmet İnönü (1922–24)
• Şükrü Kaya(1924–25)
• Tevfik Rüştü Aras (1925–38)
• Şükrü Saracoğlu (1938–42)
• Hüseyin Numan Menemencioğlu (1942–44)
• Hasan Saka (1944–47)
• Necmettin Sadak (1947–50)
• Mehmet Fuat Köprülü (1950–56)
• Adnan Menderes (1956–57)
• Fatin Rüştü Zorlu (1957–60)
• Selim Sarper (1960–62)
• Feridun Cemal Erkin (1962–65)
• Hasan Esat Işık (1965)
• İhsan Sabri Çağlayangil (1965–71)
• Osman Olcay (1971)
• Ümit Haluk Bayülken (1971–74)
• Turan Güneş (1974)
• Melih Esenbel (1974–75)
• İhsan Sabri Çağlayangil (1975–77)
• Gündüz Ökçün (1977)
• İhsan Sabri Çağlayangil (1977–78)
• Ahmet Gündüz Ökçün (1978–79)
• Hayrettin Erkmen (1979–80)
• İlter Türkmen (1980–83)
• Vahit Melih Halefoğlu (1983–87)
• Mesut Yılmaz (1987–90)
• Ali Bozer (1990)
• Ahmet Kurtcebe Alptemoçin (1990–91)
• Safa Giray (1991)
• Hikmet Çetin (1991–94)
• Mümtaz Soysal (1994)
• Murat Karayalçın (1994–95)
• Erdal İnönü (1995)
• Coşkun Kırca (1995)
• Deniz Baykal (1995–96)
• Emre Gönensay (1996)
• Tansu Çiller (1996–97)
• İsmail Cem (1997–2002)
• Şükrü Sina Gürel (2002)
• Yaşar Yakış (2002–03)
• Abdullah Gül (2003–07)
• Ali Babacan (2007–09)
• Ahmet Davutoğlu (2009–14)
• Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu (2014–15)
• Feridun Sinirlioğlu (2015)
• Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu (2015–2023)
• Hakan Fidan (2023–)

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