Fahrettin Kerim Gökay
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Ord. Prof. Dr. Fahrettin Kerim Gökay |
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| Minister of Health and Social Security | |
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In office November 27, 1963 – December 25, 1963 |
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| Prime Minister | İsmet İnönü |
| Preceded by | Yusuf Azizoğlu |
| Succeeded by | Kemal Demir |
| Minister of Development and Housing | |
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In office July 1962 – November 27, 1963 |
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| Prime Minister | İsmet İnönü |
| Ambassador of Turkey to Switzerland | |
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In office November 23, 1957 – July 2, 1960 |
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| President | Celal Bayar |
| Preceded by | Faik Zihni Akdur |
| Succeeded by | Zeki Kuneralp |
| Governor and Mayor of Istanbul | |
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In office October 24, 1949 – November 26, 1957 |
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| Preceded by | Lütfi Kırdar |
| Succeeded by | Mümtaz Tarhan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | January 9, 1900 Eskişehir, Ottoman Empire |
| Died | July 22, 1987 (aged 87) Istanbul, Turkey |
| Citizenship | Turkish |
| Political party | New Turkey Party (1961) (YTP) |
| Education | Medicine |
| Alma mater | Istanbul University |
Fahrettin Kerim Gökay (January 9, 1900 Eskişehir – July 22, 1987 Istanbul) was a Turkish politician, civil servant, professor ordinarius and physician. He served as government minister, and is well known for his long-term position as governor of Istanbul.
He was born on January 9, 1900 in Eskişehir. His father was Hajji Kerim Efendi, a Crimean Tatar from Kerch and his mother Hajji Azize Hanım, an immigrant daughter from Dobruja. After finishing the primary school in his hometown, he studied in a high school in Istanbul.
Gökay was educated at Istanbul University's Faculty of Medicine, from where he graduated as a physician in 1922. He then carried out studies between 1922 and 1924 at universities of Munich and Hamburg in Germany as well as at University of Vienna, Austria, specializing in neuropathy.
In 1926, Gökay became associate professor, in 1933 professor and then in 1942 full professor. He served also as president of the Turkish Red Crescent.
On October 24, 1949, he was appointed governor and mayor of Istanbul, succeeding Lütfi Kırdar (in office 1938–1949). Gökay served in this post until November 26, 1957. He introduced price controls on staple foods in Istanbul to protect low-income residents. The municipality of Istanbul founded Migros Türk in 1954 as a joint venture with Swiss Migros, initially operating via 45 sales trucks. Gökay opened up the area outside of the Walls of Istanbul for urbanization. He also initiated the foundation of around fifty schools in Istanbul. During his term of office, he was nicknamed "Küçük Vali" (literally English: Little Governor) for his small height, and was a favorite figure depicted in cartoons as such. He was blamed for his passive behavior during the Istanbul riots on September 6–7 in 1955, and was tried before the military tribunal on Yassıada after the 1960 coup d'état.
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