11.04.2026 12:51
Former Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey, Hüsamettin Cindoruk, passed away at the age of 93 in the hospital where he was receiving treatment.
Born in 1933, former Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey, Hüsamettin Cindoruk has passed away.
HE HAD BEEN IN INTENSIVE CARE FOR A LONG TIME
Cindoruk was admitted to Koç University Hospital on December 25, 2025, after his oxygen saturation dropped at home. Hüsamettin Cindoruk, who was treated in the intensive care unit, passed away today.
WHO IS HÜSAMETTİN CİNDORUK?
The experienced politician, whose full name is Ahmet Hüsamettin Cindoruk, was born in İzmir in 1933.
He graduated from Ankara University Faculty of Law in 1954 and started practicing law in 1955.
He began his political career in the youth branches of the Democrat Party during his youth. In 1958, he was among the founders of the Freedom Party.
On May 14, 1985, he was elected as the Chairman of the True Path Party at the Grand Congress. After leaving the chairmanship to Süleyman Demirel, he was elected as the Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey between November 16, 1991, and October 1, 1995.
Following the death of President Turgut Özal on April 17, 1993, he assumed the presidency temporarily from April 17 to May 16, 1993.
During Tansu Çiller's tenure as the leader of the DYP, he left the True Path Party and founded the Democratic Turkey Party. After the party failed to surpass the electoral threshold in the 1999 general elections, he resigned from the party leadership.
On May 16, 2009, he was elected as the chairman of the Democratic Party. He played an active role in the merger process of the Democratic Party and the Motherland Party; the two parties united under the Democratic Party on October 31, 2009. He remained in this position until January 2011.
Cindoruk, who was married to Dilek Cindoruk and was the father of three children, was hospitalized in the intensive care unit at Koç University Hospital in Istanbul after falling ill at home on December 28, 2025. Hüsamettin Cindoruk passed away on April 11, 2026.