Selahattin Çetiner

Selahattin Çetiner
Minister of the Interior
In office
20 September 1980 – 13 December 1983
Preceded byOrhan Eren [tr]
Succeeded byAli Tanrıyar
Personal details
Born(1922-07-01)1 July 1922
Lapseki, Ottoman Empire
Died4 June 2023(2023-06-04) (aged 100)
Bodrum, Muğla Province, Turkey
NationalityTurkish
Political partyIndependent
SpouseMeral
EducationTurkish Military Academy
OccupationMilitary officer

Selahattin Çetiner (1 July 1922 – 4 June 2023) was a Turkish politician and retired lieutenant general in the Turkish Armed Forces.[1] An independent, he served as Minister of the Interior from 1980 to 1983 following the 1980 Turkish coup d'état.[1][2]

Çetiner became ill at his home in the Koyunbaba neighborhood of Bodrum.[1] He was taken to a private hospital in Bodrum, Muğla Province, where he died from organ failure on 4 June 2023 at the age of 100.[1] Çetiner was survived by his wife, Meral, daughter, Ümit Dinçel, and son, Atıf Çetiner.[2] His funeral was held with military honors at the Büyük Selimiye Mosque in Istanbul with burial in the city's Zincirlikuyu Cemetery.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Eski İçişleri Bakanı Selahattin Çetiner öldü". BirGün (in Turkish). 2023-06-04. Archived from the original on 2023-06-18. Retrieved 2023-06-26.
  2. ^ a b "Eski İçişleri Bakanı Çetiner'in cenazesi İstanbul'da toprağa verildi". MyNet (in Turkish). 2023-06-06. Archived from the original on 2023-06-07. Retrieved 2023-06-26.


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