Mümtaz Soysal

Mümtaz Soysal
Leader of the Independent Republican Party
Incumbent
Assumed office July 24, 2002
Preceded by	Position established
30th Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office July 27, 1994 – November 28, 1994
Prime Minister	Tansu Çiller
Preceded by	Hikmet Çetin
Succeeded by	Murat Karayalçın
Personal details
Born	1929 (age 86–87) Zonguldak, Turkey
Nationality	Turkish
Political party	Independent Republican Party (BCP)
Other political affiliations	Social Democratic Populist Party (SHP)
Alma mater	Galatasaray High School, Ankara University
Occupation	Academic, politician
Profession	Jurist

Mümtaz Soysal (born September 15, 1929 in Zonguldak, Turkey) is a Turkish academic and politician. He served as Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey in 1994. He was a member of the Social Democratic People's Party (SHP). He is the founder and the leader of the Turkish Independent Republican Party (BCP) since 2004.

Personal life

He was married to Sevgi Soysal (till her death in 1976).

Career

He was a Professor of Constitutional Law at Ankara University for many years. He is also one of the founders of Yön, a political magazine founded in 1961.^[1] After the 1971 Turkish coup d'état he was detained for some months, and was listed as an Amnesty International prisoner of conscience.^[2] In 1974, he became the first former prisoner of conscience to serve on the International Executive Committee of Amnesty International.^[3]

References

1. Özgür Mutlu Ulus (8 December 2010). The Army and the Radical Left in Turkey: Military Coups, Socialist Revolution and Kemalism. I.B.Tauris. p. 21. ISBN 978-0-85771-880-8.
2. Biyografi.net - Biography of Mümtaz Soysal (Turkish)
3. "The History of Amnesty International". Amnesty International. 2011. Retrieved 22 January 2012.

External links

• Who is Who database - Biography of Prof. Dr. Mümtaz Soysal (Turkish)
• Biyografi.net - Biography of Mümtaz Soysal (Turkish)