Alparslan Türkeş: Difference between revisions

Türkeş was a key figure in shaping [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkish_nationalism Turkish nationalism] and reviving [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan-Turkism Pan-Turkism] from the 1940s onwards. Soon after his death in 1997, Turkish President [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suleyman_Demirel Suleyman Demirel] stated that his passing had been a "great loss to the political life of Turkey". Similarly, Turkey's first female Prime Minister [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tansu_%C3%87iller Tansu Çiller] described him as a "historic individual".