Ahmet Necdet Sezer

Ahmet Necdet Sezer (born the September 13rd 1941 with Afyon) is a Turkish statesman . It was the president of Turkey of 2000 with 2007. The Türkiye Büyük Millet Meclisi (the Large National Assembly of Turkey) had elected Ahmet Necdet Sezer in 2000 after the septennate of Süleyman Demirel.

Necdet Sezer is the son of a professor. It follows its studies to the secondary school of Afyon. Then it continues its studies with the Université of Ankara where it studies the right, it obtains its baccalaureat in 1962. It begins its career as a judge the same year with Ankara.

The March 7th 1983, Ahmet Sezer is elected member of the Supreme court of the calls to Ankara, where it occupies the post of judge of monitoring. The September 27th 1988, the president indicates it in order to sit at the Constitutional court. January 6th, 1998, it is named president of the Constitutional court. One week after its taking of, it decides and declares that, Turkey being laic, the political party Refah Partisi is illegal because defending an Islamization of the State. The Prime Minister Necmettin Erbakan, resulting from this formation, had been constrained with the resignation by the army in 1997.

The May 16th 2000, it is elected president of the Republic by the Large National Assembly. Ahmet Necdet Sezer criticizes the government Ecevit for her corruption what will make plunge the purse. He is opposed to the many laws of the government Erdoğan (which declares democrat-Moslem, while Sezer regards it as islamist) who, according to his sights, would threaten secularity of the State, by making use of its right to veto regularly. To each time the Parliament passed in addition to her veto by a second vote in identical terms, it submitted the bill disputed at the Constitutional court, which gave him each time reason and cancelled the legislative process. It is for the accession of Turkey to the European Union and received all the European Heads of State to his residence for a dinner officel.

It always prohibited to the women of ministers wearing the veil to go to official ceremonies and dinners or all other events in official matter.

Its mandate should have been completed the May 16th 2007. The constitution prohibited to him to aspire to a second mandate. However, its successor not having been elected at the date envisaged, his mandate was extended until the election of a new President of the Republic. The Foreign Minister and candidate of the government Erdoğan (AKP), Abdullah Gul, could not have been elected, the Quorum necessary not having been reached following a Boycott of the opposition. The Erdoğan government made vote by the assembly an amendment with the constitution in order to allow the election of the President by the vote for all, but Sezer, the May 25th 2007, made once again use of its right to veto.

Following anticipated legislative elections gained by the AKP, Abdullah Gul succeeded to him the presidency of Turkey the August 28th 2007.

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