{"record":{"aliases":["Ali Suat Hayri Ürgüplü","Suad Hayri Ürgüplü"],"appointmentIds":["turkey-f1b154dc5ea943"],"appointmentsDataset":"https://chanceries.org/diplomats.json","archivalSources":["urguplu-iraq","urguplu-economic"],"canonicalUrl":"https://chanceries.org/diplopedia/people/suat-hayri-urguplu-bb54d96930/","countrySlug":"turkey","entityId":"https://chanceries.org/diplopedia/people/suat-hayri-urguplu-bb54d96930/#person","eventIds":[],"expandedParagraphs":["Suat Hayri Ürgüplü was born in Damascus in 1903. After Galatasaray and legal studies in Istanbul, he worked in the population exchange courts and as a commercial court judge. He entered parliament for Kayseri in 1939 and later served as minister of customs and monopolies in Şükrü Saraçoğlu’s government.","His move into diplomacy followed another parliamentary term and work in the Council of Europe’s Consultative Assembly. Ambassadorships in Bonn and London preceded Washington, where economic assistance and regional security occupied much of his attention.","On 14 July 1958, the day of the Iraqi coup, Ürgüplü joined the Iranian and Pakistani ambassadors in consultations at the State Department. He argued that the United States should join the Baghdad Pact and reconsider its approach to Gamal Abdel Nasser.","That September he accompanied Finance Minister Hasan Polatkan in talks with Douglas Dillon about Türkiye’s stabilization program. The discussion covered release of American assistance, import financing, and local currency funds.","Ürgüplü subsequently served in Madrid and returned to national politics. He became the Republic Senate’s first president in 1961 and led a coalition government from February to October 1965. In presenting its program, he promised impartial administration and preparations for fair elections. He remained a senator into the early 1970s and died in 1981."],"id":"turkey:suat-hayri-urguplu","identifiers":{},"legacyPersonIds":[],"legacyUrl":"https://chanceries.org/diplomat-bb54d9693062c40e0ac7.html","name":"Suat Hayri Ürgüplü","notes":[],"paragraphSources":[["urguplu-tbmm"],["urguplu-tbmm"],["urguplu-iraq"],["urguplu-economic"],["urguplu-tbmm"]],"profileUrl":"diplomat-bb54d9693062c40e0ac7.html","relatedEvents":[],"relatedPeople":[],"relationships":[],"researchStatus":"reviewed","reviewedOn":"2026-10-28","revision":"f4c673e21c40bcba","sources":[{"accessedOn":"2026-10-28","date":null,"id":"urguplu-tbmm","locator":"Printed pp. 33–38: biography, government dates and opening of 26 February 1965 program speech","publisher":"Grand National Assembly of Türkiye","title":"Başbakanlarımız ve Genel Kurul Konuşmaları: Suat Hayri Ürgüplü","type":"official-biography","url":"https://cdn.tbmm.gov.tr/TbmmWeb/Yayinlar/Dosya/52987974-6ff8-43ef-9fe7-01866e8be1b8.pdf"},{"accessedOn":"2026-10-28","date":null,"id":"urguplu-iraq","locator":"Participant list and Ürgüplü's interventions","publisher":"U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian","title":"Conversation on Iraq and Lebanon, 14 July 1958","type":"archival-record","url":"https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1958-60v11/d129"},{"accessedOn":"2026-10-28","date":null,"id":"urguplu-economic","locator":"Complete memorandum","publisher":"U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian","title":"Turkish Economic Stabilization Program, 12 September 1958","type":"archival-record","url":"https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1958-60v10p2/d317"},{"accessedOn":"","date":"Accessed 23 October 2026","id":"mission-8640388fff0b15c07ec2","locator":"Full displayed historical chronology 1867–2024; current chancery commissioned 1997, completed/used 1999, inaugurated April 23, 1999.","publisher":"","title":"Mission history and former chiefs of mission","type":"Mission record","url":"https://washington-emb.mfa.gov.tr/Mission/MissionChiefHistory"}],"topics":["Baghdad Pact","1958 Iraqi coup","economic stabilization","prime minister","parliament"]},"schemaVersion":1}