Ferruh Bozbeyli

Ferruh Bozbeyli was a Turkish politician who served as the speaker of Turkish parliament and the chairman of a political party.

Early life

He was born in Pazarcık of Kahramanmaraş Province in 1927. His father’s name was Sıddık . His mother died during his birth. After his elmentary education in his home town and secondary education in Antakya in 1947, he travelled to İstanbul for university. He finished the law school of İstanbul University in 1957 and he bagan serving as an attorney.During Yassıada Trials he was one of the attorneys who defended the former Democrat Party politicians.

Parliament speaker

In 1961, he became a member of the newly founded Justice Party (AP) and in the elections held on 15 December 1961 he was elected as a MP from İstanbul Province. During his second term between 1965 -1969 he was elected as the speaker of the Turkish parliament. He kept this position in his third term after 1969.

Democratic Party

In AP Bozbeyli was a part of a group known as the supporters of the pre-1960 Democrat Party politicians. They accused AP leadership for being uninterested in the political rights of the former politicians. In 1970 October Ferruh Bozbeyli resigned from his post in the parliament administration. One month later he also resigned with 40 other MPs (so called 41s) from his party to form a new party. They founded Democratic Party (DP) on 18 December 1970 and Ferruh Bozbeyli became the chairman of the new party.