İsmail Cem
| İsmail Cem | |
|---|---|
| 37th Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
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In office 30 June 1997 – 11 July 2002 |
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| Prime Minister |
Mesut Yılmaz, Bülent Ecevit |
| Preceded by | Tansu Çiller |
| Succeeded by | Şükrü Sina Gürel |
| Minister of Culture of Turkey | |
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In office 7 July 1995 – 26 October 1995 |
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| Prime Minister | Tansu Çiller |
| Preceded by | Ercan Karakaş |
| Succeeded by | Köksal Toptan |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
15 February 1940 Istanbul, Turkey |
| Died | 24 January 2007 (aged 66) Istanbul, Turkey |
| Nationality | Turkish |
| Political party | CHP, SHP, DSP, YTP |
| Spouse(s) | Elçin Cem |
| Children | İpek Cem Taha and Kerim Cem |
| Relatives | Abdi İpekçi |
| Education | Law, sociology of politics |
| Alma mater | Robert College, University of Lausanne, École Libre des Sciences Politiques |
| Profession | Journalist, politician, writer and statesman. |
İsmail Cem (born İsmail Cem İpekçi, 15 February 1940 – 24 January 2007) was a Turkish politician and journalist who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey from 1997 to 2002.
İsmail Cem finished high school at Robert College in İstanbul in 1959 and graduated from the Law School at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland in 1963. He had his master's degree in sociology of politics at the École Libre des Sciences Politiques in 1983, Paris, France. He was an exchange student with AFS Intercultural Programs at Piedmont High School, Piedmont California for one year during his high school years.
A member of one of the most prominent families in Turkey of Donmeh origin, Cem was the cousin of murdered liberal journalist, intellectual and human rights activist Abdi İpekçi, the editor in chief for the Milliyet newspaper. Cem was the son of İhsan İpekçi (1901-1966), who was one of the pioneers of the Turkish cinema industry, as the founder and partner of İpek Film, and several popular Istanbul movie theaters including Yeni Melek and İpek. İsmail Cem was an avid photographer, and held four photo exhibits, and published a book Mevsim, Mevsim
Returning home in 1963, Cem started his professional career as a journalist. He worked in some major newspapers who published articles and became a columnist for Milliyet, "Cumhuriyet" and Politika, where he served as the editor in chief for the second newspaper from 1964 until 1966. Between 1971–1974, he served as the chief of the Istanbul office of the Turkish Newspaper Workers Union. In 1974–1975, he acted as the general manager of the state-owned Turkish Radio and Television Corporation (TRT). Cem's tenure as the general manager of TRT, then the only TV station in Turkey, created some controversy. The conservatives and prominent right-wing figures like future President of Turkey Süleyman Demirel used their political and social influence to remove İpekçi from his post in several attempts, which have all proven fruitless.
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