Kenan Evren

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Kenan Evren
Evren in 1988
7th President of Turkey
In office 12 September 1980 – 9 November 1989
Prime Minister	Bülend Ulusu Turgut Özal
Preceded by	İhsan Sabri Çağlayangil (acting)
Succeeded by	Turgut Özal
Chief of the General Staff of Turkey
In office 7 March 1978 – 1 July 1983
Preceded by	Semih Sancar
Succeeded by	Nurettin Ersin
Commander of the Turkish Army
In office 5 September 1977 – 6 March 1978
Preceded by	Semih Sancar
Succeeded by	Nurettin Ersin
Personal details
Born	(1917-07-17)17 July 1917 Alaşehir, Ottoman Empire
Died	9 May 2015(2015-05-09) (aged 97) Ankara, Turkey
Resting place	Turkish State Cemetery
Nationality	Turkish
Spouse	Sekine Muslu ​ ​ (m. 1944; died 1982)​
Children	A child Şenay Evren Gülay Evren Miray Evren
Signature
Military service
Allegiance	Turkey
Branch/service	Turkish Land Forces
Years of service	1938–1983
Rank	General

Ahmet Kenan Evren (Turkish: [ˈce.nan ˈev.ɾen]; 17 July 1917 – 9 May 2015) was a Turkish politician and military officer who served as the seventh President of Turkey from 1980 to 1989. He assumed the post by leading the 1980 military coup.

On 18 June 2014, a Turkish court sentenced him to life imprisonment and demotion of his military rank, (down to private from army general) for leading the military coup in 1980. He was found guilty of obstructing democracy by deposing the prime minister Süleyman Demirel and of abolishing the parliament, senate and the constitution. This sentence was under appeal at the time of his death.^[1]