Mustafa Kemal Kurdaş was a Turkish economist who served as Turkish Minister of Finance, the IMF’s adviser to Latin American governments, president of the Middle East Technical University and deputy head of the Turkish Treasury.
Ekrem Alican was a Turkish politician, government minister and party leader.
Alican with U.S. President John F. Kennedy, Turkish ambassador Turgut Menemencioğlu and Turkish Minister of Finance Ferit Melen in White House, Washington, D.C.