Osman Durmuş | |
Birth Date: | 5 August 1947 |
Birth Place: | Çankırı, Turkey |
Death Place: | Çankaya, Ankara, Turkey |
Resting Place: | Karşıyaka Cemetery |
Office: | Minister of Health |
Term Start: | 28 May 1999 |
Term End: | 18 November 2002 |
Predecessor: | Mustafa Güven Karahan |
Successor: | Recep Akdağ |
Party: | Nationalist Movement Party |
Osman Durmuş (5 August 1947[1] – 26 October 2020) was a Turkish physician and politician.
Durmuş was a member of parliament for the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) from 1999 to 2002, serving as the Minister of Health. He was on the faculty of Gazi University, becoming associate professor in 1990 and full professor in 2003,[2] after the MHP failed to reach the 10% threshold in the 2002 elections. He was elected again in 2007, representing the Kırıkkale electoral district.
Durmuş died in Ankara following a brain hemorrhage on 26 October 2020.[3] He was buried at Karşıyaka Cemetery the following day, after a state funeral was held.[4]