Kenan Evren
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His Excellency Kenan Evren |
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| 7th President of Turkey | |
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In office 12 September 1980 – 9 November 1989 |
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| Prime Minister |
Bülend Ulusu Turgut Özal |
| Preceded by | Fahri Korutürk |
| Succeeded by | Turgut Özal |
| Chief of the General Staff of Turkey | |
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In office 7 March 1978 – 1 July 1983 |
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| Preceded by | Semih Sancar |
| Succeeded by | Nurettin Ersin |
| Commander of the Turkish Army | |
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In office 5 September 1977 – 6 March 1978 |
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| Preceded by | Semih Sancar |
| Succeeded by | Nurettin Ersin |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
17 July 1917 Alaşehir, Ottoman Empire |
| Died | 9 May 2015 (aged 97) Ankara, Turkey |
| Nationality | Turkish |
| Spouse(s) | Sekine Evren (m. 1944–1982; her death) |
| Children | 3 |
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| Military service | |
| Allegiance |
 Turkey
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| Service/branch |
 Turkish Army
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| Years of service | 1938–1983 |
| Rank | General |
Ahmet Kenan Evren (Turkish pronunciation: [ˈce.nɑn ˈev.ɾen]; 17 July 1917 – 9 May 2015) was a Turkish military officer who was the seventh President of Turkey from 1980 to 1989. He assumed the post by leading the 1980 military coup.
On 18 June 2014, a Turkish court sentenced him to life imprisonment and demotion of his military rank down to private, from army general, for leading the military coup in 1980, obstructing democracy by deposing the prime minister Suleyman Demirel, abolishing the parliament and the senate and abolishing the constitution. This sentence was on appeal at the time of his death.
Evren died at a military hospital in Ankara on 9 May 2015, aged 97.
Kenan Evren was born in Alaşehir, Manisa Province. After going to elementary school and middle school in Manisa, Balıkesir and Istanbul, he attended military high school in Maltepe, Ankara. In 1938, he graduated from army school and in 1949 from military academy as a staff officer.
From 1958 to 1959, he served in the Turkish Brigade in Korea. In 1964, he was promoted to general. Evren served at various posts as Army Chief. He was the commander of Operation Gladio's Turkish branch; the Counter-Guerrilla. The Counter-Guerrilla was an anti-communist "stay-behind" guerrilla force set up with the support of NATO. He became Chief of General Staff in March 1978.
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