Erdal İnönü was a Turkish theoretical physicist and politician who served as the interim prime minister of Turkey between 16 May and 25 June 1993. He also served as the deputy prime minister of Turkey from 1991 to 1993 and as the minister of foreign affairs from March to October 1995. He served as the leader of the Social Democracy Party (SODEP) from 1983 to 1985 and later the Social Democratic Populist Party (SHP) from 1986 to 1993. He was the son of the second president of Turkey, İsmet İnönü.
Inönü in 1941
The İnönü family from left to right: Mevhibe, Ömer, Özden (later Toker), Erdal, and İsmet.
From left to right: Galip Demirağ (son of Nuri Demirağ), Ömer İnönü, Nuri Demirağ, Erdal İnönü, unknown, Mehmet Kum (a student of the School of Engineering), 1941
Mustafa İsmet İnönü was a Turkish army officer and statesman who served as the second president of Turkey from November 11, 1938, to May 22 1950, and as its prime minister three times: from 1923 to 1924, 1925 to 1937, and 1961 to 1965.
İnönü in 1938
President İnönü (far right) with his family, c. 1940s; from left: his wife Mevhibe, and their three children, Ömer, Özden (later Toker), and Erdal.
Captain İsmet Bey after returning from Yemen
The Ottoman general staff of the Sinai and Palestine Campaign, 1914. İsmet İnönü can be seen on the top row second from the right side.