Background
IRMAK, Sadi was born on May 15, 1904 in Seydisehir, Konya. Son of Sarbri and Saliha Irmak.
physician politician professor
IRMAK, Sadi was born on May 15, 1904 in Seydisehir, Konya. Son of Sarbri and Saliha Irmak.
However, he quit his job the same year and attended the Law School at Istanbul University. He graduated from the University of Berlin in 1929 with a degree in medicine.
He became teacher for biology after finishing the college in Konya. In 1925, he went to Germany on a state granted scholarship to study biology and medicine. After completing his study, Sadi Irmak worked as an assistant physician in hospitals in Hagen and Düsseldorf, Germany.
Returned to Turkey, he worked as a government physician and teacher for biology.
In 1932, he became a lecturer at the School of Medicine of Istanbul University, and in 1939, he was promoted to full professor for physiology. Between June 7, 1945 and August 5, 1946, he served as Minister of Labor in the cabinet of Şükrü Saracoğlu.
He returned to the faculty, however, in 1950, to lecture first in Munich, Germany and then in Istanbul again. In 1974, he was admitted to the Senate.
The same year, Sadi Irmak was commissioned by President Fahri Korutürk to form the 38th government of Turkey.
The caretaker government under his prime ministry lasted from November 17, 1974 until his resignation on March 31, 1975 due to a vote of no confidence in the parliament. After the military coup on September 12, 1980, he was elected to the Consultative Assembly. He acted as its speaker from October 27, 1981 until December 4, 1983.
Sadi Irmak died on November 11, 1990 in Istanbul, and was buried at the Aşiyan Asri Cemetery.
Sadi Irmak entered politics in 1943 as deputy of Konya. His daughter, Professor Yakut Irmak Özden, is director of the Institute for Atatürk"s Ideology and History of His Reforms at Istanbul University.
National Assembly for Konya 1943-1950.
Married Semiha Irmak in 1934.