Faruk Sükan

Faruk Sükan
Deputy Prime Minister
In office 5 January 1978 – 20 September 1979
Prime Minister	Bülent Ecevit
Serving with	Orhan Eyüpoğlu Hikmet Çetin Turhan Feyzioğlu
Preceded by	Necmettin Erbakan Alparslan Türkeş
Succeeded by	Turgut Özal Zeyyat Baykara
Minister of Interior
In office 27 October 1965 – 1 August 1969
Prime Minister	Süleyman Demirel
Preceded by	Izzet Gener
Succeeded by	Salih Ragip Üner
Minister of Health
In office 20 February 1965 – 27 October 1965
Prime Minister	Suat Hayri Ürgüplü
Preceded by	Kemal Demir
Succeeded by	Edip Somunoğlu
Personal details
Born	Mehmet Faruk Sükan 1921 Karaman, Turkey
Died	January 3, 2005(2005-01-03) (aged 83–84) Ankara, Turkey
Resting place	Cebeci Asri Cemetery, Ankara
Political party	Democrat Party Justice Party Democratic Party
Children	4
Alma mater	Istanbul University
Occupation	Physician

Faruk Sükan (1921 – 3 January 2005) was a Turkish physician, politician and government minister.

Biography

Sükan was born in Karaman. In 1946, he graduated from the School of Medicine at Istanbul University. After practicing as a Doctor of Medicine, he got interested in politics, and joined Democrat Party (DP). In 1957, he was elected as the mayor of Ereğli in Konya Province. The government of the Democrat Party was overthrown during the 1960 coup d'état. After the DP was banned, Sükan joined the succeeding Justice Party (AP). He entered the parliament as a deputy of Konya Province after the 1961 general elections. In the 29th government of Turkey, he was appointed the Minister of Health (20 February 1965 – 27 October 1965). In the 30th government of Turkey, he served as the Minister of Interior (27 October 1965 – 1 August 1969). On 18 December 1970, he took part in establishing the Democratic Party along with a number of the Justice Party politicians. In the 42nd government of Turkey, Sükan became the deputy prime minister (5 January 1978 – 20 September 1979). On 18 December 1978, he was elected as the chairman of the Democratic Party. Following the 1980 coup d'état, he left politics.

Sükan died on 3 January 2005 in Ankara. He was buried at Cebeci Asri Cemetery following a memorial ceremony in front of the parliament building and the religious funeral at Kocatepe Mosque. He was married with four children.