Ahmet Necdet Sezer is a Turkish statesman and judge who served as the tenth president of Turkey from 2000 to 2007. Previously, he was president of the Constitutional Court of Turkey from January 1998 to May 2000. The Grand National Assembly of Turkey elected Sezer as president in 2000 after Süleyman Demirel's seven-year term expired. He was succeeded by Abdullah Gül in 2007.
Sezer in 2004
Sezer with Vladimir Putin, Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Nursultan Nazarbayev
Sezer and his spouse (far right) with Vladimir Putin and his spouse
Sami Süleyman Gündoğdu Demirel was a Turkish politician, engineer, and statesman who served as the 9th President of Turkey from 1993 to 2000. He previously served as the Prime Minister of Turkey seven times between the years 1965 and 1993. He was the leader of the Justice Party (AP) from 1964 to 1980 and the leader of the True Path Party (DYP) from 1987 to 1993.
Demirel in 1998
U.S. Vice President Lyndon Johnson and Süleyman Demirel at a ceremony honoring the United States Agency for International Development (28 August 1962)
Prime Minister of Iran Amir-Abbas Hoveida and Demirel, Tehran c. 1970
Nicolae Ceauşescu and Demirel, 1976