Person in history
Kadir Topbaş
Kadir Topbaş, Turkish politician (born 1945)
Life at a glance
- Died
- 2021 · February 13
- Known as
- architect, politician, civil servant, entrepreneur, and teacher. Citizenship: Turkey
Their story
Who they were
Biography He was born on 8 January 1945, in Altıparmak village of Yusufeli district in Artvin Province . [ 1 ] Kadir Topbaş moved to Istanbul in 1946 with his family. [ 1 ] He earned a PhD in architectural history from Istanbul University following his education of theology at Marmara University in 1972 and architecture at Mimar Sinan University in 1974. [ 1 ] After working as preacher in Edirne , teacher and freelance architect in İstanbul, he served between 1994 and 1998,
Personal life and death He was married and had two sons and a daughter. [ 1 ] In November 2020, Topbaş was hospitalized for COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Turkey . [ 2 ] He died on 13 February 2021, due to multiple organ failure  amidst being treated for COVID-19 complications. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] ^ "Former Istanbul mayor dies at 76 - Turkey News" . Hürriyet Daily News . 14 February 2021 . Retrieved 14 February 2021 .
Kadir Topbaş was a Turkish architect, businessman and politician who served as Mayor of Istanbul from 2004 to 2017.
Early life
Educated at: Istanbul University and Marmara University.
Path and career
Awards / honours: Order of Cultural Merit and Order of Cultural Merit, 3rd class.
Political career Topbaş entered politics as member of the religious oriented Milli Selamet Partisi (MSP) . [ 1 ] Later on, Topbaş ran twice for the deputy of Artvin province in the parliament , first in 1977 from the MSP and then in 1987 from Refah Partisi (RP) without success. [ 1 ] In 1999, he was elected mayor of Beyoğlu district from the Fazilet Partisi (FP) . [ 1 ] In the 2004 regional elections,
Why this date
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