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Turkish politician and diplomat
Vahit Melih Halefo?lu
(19 November 1919 ? 20 January 2017) was a
Turkish
politician
and
diplomat
.
Following his education at the
School of Political Science in Ankara University
in 1942 he entered the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
. Between 1962 and 1983, Halefo?lu served as ambassador in
Beirut
(1962–1965),
Kuwait City
(1964–1965),
Moscow
(1965–1966, 1982–1983),
The Hague
(1966–1970) and
Bonn
[1]
(1972–1982).
After the
general elections held in 1983
,
Turgut Ozal
appointed him Minister of Foreign Affairs from outside of the
parliament
. At the intermediate general elections of 1986, he was elected deputy of
Ankara
from the
Motherland Party
(ANAP). He did not stand for election in the
1987 general elections
and ended his political career.
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Personal life
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Halefo?lu was married to Zehra Bereket. Her father,
Suphi Bereket
, was the first President of the
Syrian Federation
.
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Halefo?lu died on 20 January 2017 at the age of 97. He was interred at
Zincirlikuyu Cemetery
following the religious funeral service in
Te?vikiye Mosque
.
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See also
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References
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