Cahit Karakaş
{{Short description|13th Speaker of the Parliament of the Republic of Turkey from 1977 to 1980}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Cahit Karakaş
| honorific-suffix =
| image = Cahit Karakaş (cropped).jpg
| image_size = 220px
| office1 = Minister of Public Works
| term_start1 = 26 March 1971
| term_end1 = 10 November 1971
| predecessor1 = Yaşar Gülez
| successor1 = Mukadder Öztekin
| primeminister1 = Nihat Erim
| office2 = Minister of Transportation
| term_start2 = 10 November 1971
| term_end2 = 11 December 1971
| predecessor2 = Selahattin Babüroğlu
| successor2 = Rıfkı Danışman
| primeminister2 = Nihat Erim
| office3 = Speaker of the National Assembly
| term_start3 = 17 November 1977
| term_end3 = 12 September 1980
| predecessor3 = Kemal Güven
| successor3 = Sadi Irmak
| president3 = Fahri Korutürk
| party = {{unbulleted list |Justice Party (AP) |Republican People's Party (CHP)|Populist Party (HP) |Democratic Left Party (DSP) }}
| birth_date = 1928
| birth_place = Bartın, Turkey
| death_date =
| death_place =
| alma_mater = {{unbulleted list |Istanbul Technical University |Technische Universität Berlin }}
| caption = Karakaş in 1978
}}
Cahit Karakaş (born 1928) is a Turkish engineer and a former politician. He served as government minister and Speaker of the Parliament.
Early life
He was born in Bartın in 1928. In 1952, he graduated from Istanbul Technical University. After his doctorate at Technische Universität Berlin, he returned to Turkey to serve as a civil engineer.{{Cite web |url=http://www.kimkimdir.gen.tr/kimkimdir.php?id=339 |title=Who's who page |access-date=2015-06-18 |language=tr |archive-date=2018-12-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181224024050/http://www.kimkimdir.gen.tr/kimkimdir.php?id=339 |url-status=dead }}
Politician career
He joined the Justice Party and in 1965 he was elected MP from Zonguldak Province. In 1973, he supported the technocratic government of Nihat Erim and he became the Minister of Public Works in the 33rd government of Turkey serving between 26 March 1971 and 10 November 1971, and then the Minister of Transportation from 10 November to 11 December 1971.[https://www.tbmm.gov.tr/hukumetler/HB33.htm Former governments page of TBMM] He later joined the Republican People's Party (CHP).
After the 1977 general elections, in which CHP won the plurality, the parliament failed to elect its speaker for about six months.Türkiye'nin 75 Yılı, Tempo Yayıncılık, 1998, p.272 Finally on 17 November that year, Cahit Karakaş was elected the Speaker of the Turkish parliament. He kept this post until the 1980 Turkish coup d'etat staged on 12 September.{{Cite web |url=https://baskanlik.tbmm.gov.tr/baskanlar/ |title=Parliament page |access-date=2015-06-18 |archive-date=2018-12-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181224024045/https://baskanlik.tbmm.gov.tr/baskanlar/ |url-status=dead }}
During the civilian regime following 1983, he joined the Populist Party (HP). After the foundation of the Democratic Left Party (DSP), he joined DSP. His membership in the parliament ended by the 1987 general elections.{{Citation needed|date=April 2024}}
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{{succession box|title=Minister of Public Works|before=Turgut Yaşar Gülez|after=Mukadder Öztekiner|years=26 March 1971 - 10 November 1971}}
{{succession box|title=Minister of Transportation|before=Selahattin Babüroğlu|after=Rıfkı Danışman|years=10 November 1971 - 11 December 1971}}
{{succession box|title=Speaker of the Parliament of Turkey|before=Kemal Güven|after=Sadi Irmak
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Category:Istanbul Technical University alumni
Category:Technische Universität Berlin alumni
Category:Turkish civil engineers
Category:Turkish expatriates in Germany
Category:Deputies of Zonguldak
Category:Republican People's Party (Turkey) politicians
Category:Justice Party (Turkey) politicians
Category:20th-century Turkish engineers
Category:Democratic Left Party (Turkey) politicians
Category:Speakers of the Parliament of Turkey
Category:Ministers of public works of Turkey
Category:Ministers of transport and communications of Turkey