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İsmail Cem

İsmail Cem İpekçi, Turkish journalist and politician, 45th Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs (died 2007)

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Born
February 15, 1940
Died
January 24, 2007
Zodiac sign
Aquarius
Birth year
1940

About İsmail Cem

İsmail Cem was a Turkish centre-leftist politician, intellectual, writer, author and journalist who served as the Minister of Culture of Turkey from July 7 to October 26, 1995, and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey from June 30, 1997 to July 11, 2002. Cem's tenure as the general manager of TRT, then the only TV station in Turkey, created some controversy. On July 20, 2002, ahead of the 2002 parliamentary elections, he founded the New Turkey Party (YTP) together with former DSP colleagues Hüsamettin Özkan and Zeki Eker. Working closely with his Greek counterpart George Papandreou, Cem initiated what became known as "earthquake diplomacy" following the devastating earthquakes that struck both countries in 1999.

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İsmail Cem timeline

  1. Working closely with his Greek counterpart George Papandreou, Cem initiated what became known as "earthquake diplomacy" following the devastating earthquakes that struck both countries in 1999.
  2. On July 20, 2002, ahead of the 2002 parliamentary elections, he founded the New Turkey Party (YTP) together with former DSP colleagues Hüsamettin Özkan and Zeki Eker.

The world when İsmail Cem was born

İsmail Cem was born in 1940. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1940

  • #1 song"In the Mood" – Glenn Miller
  • Top movieRebecca
  • Best-selling bookFor Whom the Bell Tolls – Ernest Hemingway

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentFirst televised college basketball game
  • Top headlineWinston Churchill becomes British Prime Minister
  • Technology milestoneFirst McDonald's restaurant opens
  • Defining fadSwing music hits its peak
  • Notable inventionJeep (military vehicle)
  • World population2.30 billion

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderFranklin D. Roosevelt
  • Sports championCincinnati Reds (World Series)
  • U.S. population132.2M

1940 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in İsmail Cem's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19402026
Gas$0.18$3.45/gal
Average home$5,300$435,000
Average income$3,100$67,500
Minimum wage$0.30$7.25/hr (federal)
Movie ticket$0.25$11.95
Postage stamp$0.03$0.73
Population132.2M341 million

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