Kâmran İnan

{{short description|Turkish politician (1929–2015)}}

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| office = Minister of Energy and Natural Resources of Turkey

| term_start = 21 July 1977

| term_end = 5 January 1978

| predecessor = Neşet Akmandor

| successor = Deniz Baykal

| birth_date = {{birth date|1929|02|18|df=y}}

| birth_place = Hizan, Bitlis, Turkey

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Kamran Inan (18 February 1929[https://www.rudaw.net/turkish/middleeast/turkey/231120153 Kamran İnan vefat etti] {{in lang|tr}} – 23 November 2015) was a Kurdish[http://www.aksam.com.tr/2009/08/12/yazar/8977/aksam/yazi.html Burhan Ayeri, "Bugün bugündür yarın da yarın", Akşam gazetesi, URL erişim tarihi: 23 Ağustos 2009] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925092719/http://www.aksam.com.tr/2009/08/12/yazar/8977/aksam/yazi.html |date=2015-09-25 }}Michael M. Gunter, [https://books.google.com/books?id=CmttAAAAMAAJ&q=kamran+inan The Historical Dictionary of the Kurds], Scarecrow Press, 2004, {{ISBN|0-8108-4870-8}}, 75. sayfa: "Kamran Inan is a prominent Turkish politician who is an ethnic Kurd".Kemal Kirişci & Gareth M. Winrow, The Kurdish Question and Turkey: An Example of a Trans-State Ethnic Conflict, Routledge, 1997, {{ISBN|0-7146-4746-2}}, 144. sayfa: "There were a number of prominent deputies of Kurdish origin in ANAP, some of whom came from influential tribes. Kamran Inan, deputy for Bitlis, had served on several occasions as a Cabinet Minister".Chibli Mallat, Water in the Middle East: Legal, Political and Commercial Implications, I. B. Tauris, 1995, {{ISBN|1-85043-645-2}}, 208. sayfa: "Kamran Inan is a senior Kurdish official in the Turkish government". politician, statesman, diplomat and scholar from Turkey. He was born in Hizan, Bitlis Province. Representative in Parliament from Van and Bitlis numerous times. Graduate of Ankara University Faculty of Law, and Ph.D. in Law from University of Geneva. At various times Turkish UN Ambassador, permanent UN representative, Turkish Minister of Energy and Natural Resources and Minister of State, Senator from Bitlis and member of Foreign Affairs Commission. He published numerous books on Turkish politics and history.Kâmran İnan,"Senatör", Timas Yayinlari, 2007, {{ISBN|975-263-619-5}}Kâmran İnan,"Olaylar Ve Düşünceler", Timas Yayinlari, {{ISBN|975-362-442-5}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.dailysabah.com/politics/2015/11/23/turkish-politician-kamran-inan-passes-away-at-age-86|title = Turkish politician Kamran Inan passes away at age 86|date = 23 November 2015}}

In 2006, he returned the Légion d'honneur medal he had received from France due to the French government involvement with Armenian ethnic activities. He has also received European Parliament Gold Medal and Turkey–EEC Partnership Silver Medal.