Longtime Turkish Leader, Suleyman Demirel, Dies at 90

Former Turkish President Suleyman Demirel, one of Turkey's most prominent leaders of the past half-century, has died at the age of 90. Doctors at Ankara's Guven Hospital announced Demirel's death on Wednesday. He had been in treatment for a respiratory tract infection. Demirel came to power in the 1960s and served five terms as prime minister before becoming president from 1993 to 2000. He was toppled twice by military coup, once in 1971 and again in 1980. But he returned...

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