Mehmet Naim Talu was a Turkish

Turkish people

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 economist

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, banker, politician

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 and former Prime Minister of Turkey.

Biography

Naim Talu was born in Istanbul in 1919. He was educated at Kabataş Erkek Lisesi

Kabatas Erkek Lisesi

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. After graduating with a degree in economics from Istanbul University

Istanbul University

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 in 1943, he worked for a while in Sümerbank, a state owned textile company. He transferred to the Central Bank of Turkey

Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey

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 in 1946. He became the general director of the bank in 1967 after serving one year as deputy. Following the reorganization of the Central Bank in 1970, he was appointed Governor of this institution. He died in Istanbul in 1998.

Political career

Naim Talu started his political career in 1971 by appointment to the ministry of trade in the second Erim

Nihat Erim

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 cabinet. He kept his post also in the cabinet of Melen

Ferit Melen

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 until President Cevdet Sunay

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 admitted him to the Senate in 1972. Commissioned by President Fahri Korutürk

Fahri Koruturk

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 following the resignation of Prime Minister Ferit Melen, he formed the 36th government on April 15, 1973 in consensus of the Justice Party

Justice Party (Turkey)

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 with the Republican Reliance Party

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. His caretaker government lasted beyond the general elections in 1973, which did not set a clear majority for any party. With the forming of a coalition cabinet of the Republican People’s Party

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 along with the Salvation Party under Bülent Ecevit

Bülent Ecevit

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 on January 26, 1974, Talu’s prime ministry ended. His membership in the Senate continued until 1976.

Naim Talu was a member of the board of Akbank

Akbank

Akbank is Turkey-based bank and was founded in Adana, Turkey on January 1948, originally to provide financing for the cotton producers in the Çukurova region. Growing and developing over time, the Bank opened its first branch in Istanbul in the district of Sirkeci on July 14, 1950, moving its...

, one of Turkey’s largest banks, between 1974 and 1976, prior to his appointment as the chairman, which lasted until shortly before his death in 1998. He served the same period as a member of the board of trustees of the Sabancı Foundation VakSA.

He was survived by his wife Gevher Talu and his two daughters Tülin Talu and Füsun San.