Selahattin Çetiner

Turkish military officer and politician (1922–2023)

Selahattin Çetiner

Minister of the Interior
In office 20 September 1980 – 13 December 1983
Preceded by	Orhan Eren [tr]
Succeeded by	Ali Tanrıyar

Personal details
Born	(1922-07-01)1 July 1922 Lapseki, Ottoman Empire
Died	4 June 2023(2023-06-04) (aged 100) Bodrum, Muğla Province, Turkey
Nationality	Turkish
Political party	Independent
Spouse	Meral
Education	Turkish Military Academy
Occupation	Military officer

Selahattin Çetiner (1 July 1922 – 4 June 2023) was a Turkish politician and retired lieutenant general in the Turkish Armed Forces.^[1] An independent, he served as Minister of the Interior from 1980 to 1983 following the 1980 Turkish coup d'état.^[1]^[2]

Çetiner became ill at his home in the Koyunbaba neighborhood of Bodrum.^[1] He was taken to a private hospital in Bodrum, Muğla Province, where he died from organ failure on 4 June 2023 at the age of 100.^[1] Çetiner was survived by his wife, Meral, daughter, Ümit Dinçel, and son, Atıf Çetiner.^[2] His funeral was held with military honors at the Büyük Selimiye Mosque in Istanbul with burial in the city's Zincirlikuyu Cemetery.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Eski İçişleri Bakanı Selahattin Çetiner öldü". BirGün (in Turkish). 2023-06-04. Archived from the original on 2023-06-18. Retrieved 2023-06-26.
^ ^a ^b "Eski İçişleri Bakanı Çetiner'in cenazesi İstanbul'da toprağa verildi". MyNet (in Turkish). 2023-06-06. Archived from the original on 2023-06-07. Retrieved 2023-06-26.