Politician and statesman, deputy, minister (B. 1920, Konya D. January
03, 2005, Ankara.) His full name is Mehmet Faruk Sukan. While he was the Minister
of Interior, he made the rooms of deputies to be searched and therefore he was
named as "Super Inspector". He graduated from Istanbul University, Faculty of Medicine (1946) and
became an expert of Internal Diseases. He worked as government physician and
Konya Ereğlisi Mayor from Democrat Party (1957-1960). He was elected as deputy
from Konya for JP (1961). He was the Minister of Health and Social Aid during
Suat Hayri Ürgüplü government (1965) and Minister of Interior during the Süleyman
Demirel government (1965-1968).
Faruk Sukan was among the founders of Democratic Party at the end of
1970s and he became the general secretary. He was the Minister of State and
Vice Prime Minister in the coalition government established by Bülent Ecevit in
1978. He quit politics on September 12, 1980. Sukan spoke French, he was
married and father of four.
REFERENCE: Eski Bakan Faruk Sükan vefat etti (Radikal, 4 January 2005).