participation in the Korean War. He also received the Order of the Yugoslav Star. In 1954, Bayar was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Belgrade. In 1958, the Freie Universität Berlin (Free University Berlin) awarded him an honorary doctorate. The Celal Bayar University, which was established in 1992 in Manisa, is named after him. Family Celal Bayar married Reşide in 1904 when he was 21 and she 18 years old. They had three children: Refii (1904-1940), Turgut (1911-1983), and Nilüfer Gürsoy (1921-). Refii Bayar was the General Manager of "Milli Reasurans," a reinsurance company, from 1929 to 1939, was the founder of "Halk Evleri", an educational government entity in Istanbul, and was a journalist and published the Halk newspaper between 1939 and 1941 with Cemal Kutay. Nilüfer Gürsoy married Ahmet İhsan Gürsoy (1913–2008), who was the Kütahya deputy for the Democratic Party between 1946-60, the Bursa deputy for the Justice Party between 1965-69 and İstanbul deputy for the Democratic Party between 1973-75 and then for the Justice Party between 1975-80. External links Celalbayar.org Bibliography Kayseri Cezaevi Günlüğü (Kayseri Prison Diary), Yapı Kredi yayınları/Tarih dizisi. Ben De Yazdım – Milli Mücadeleye Gidiş (And so I wrote – Going to the War of National Independence) 8 volumes., Sabah kitapları/Türkiyeden dizisi, 1965–1972. Sources References |- 1883 births 1986 deaths 20th-century prime ministers of Turkey 20th-century presidents of Turkey People from Gemlik Republican People's Party (Turkey) politicians Democrat Party (Turkey, 1946–1961) politicians 20th-century Turkish politicians Presidents of Turkey Prime Ministers of Turkey Government ministers of Turkey Leaders of political parties in Turkey Members of Kuva-yi Milliye Leaders ousted by a coup Turkish centenarians Heads of government who were later imprisoned Turkish prisoners sentenced to death Prisoners sentenced to death by Turkey Recipients of Turkish presidential pardons Recipients of the Medal of Independence with Red-Green Ribbon (Turkey) Members of the Special Organization (Ottoman Empire) Leaders of the Opposition (Turkey) Deputies of Istanbul Deputies of Izmir People of the Dersim rebellion Turkish Muslims Members of the 2nd government of Turkey Members of the 7th government of Turkey Members of the 8th government of Turkey Members of the 9th government of Turkey Grand Crosses Special Class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany Men centenarians Turkish politicians convicted of crimes Members of the 2nd Parliament of Turkey Politicians arrested in Turkey Bulgarian Turks in Turkey Istanbul pogrom Turkish political party founders