What is Turgut Özal?
{{Infobox President | name = Turgut Özal | nationality = | image =Turgut Özal as Turkish Prime Minister.jpg | imagesize =225px | order = [[List of Presidents of Turkey|8th]] [[President of Turkey|President of the Republic of Turkey]] | term_start = November 9, 1989 | term_end = April 17, 1993 | vicepresident = | predecessor = [[Kenan Evren]] | successor = [[Süleyman Demirel]] | office3 = [[Prime Minister of Turkey]] | deputy3 = [[Ali Bozer]] | term_start3 = December 13, 1983 | term_end3 = October 31, 1989 | president3 = [[Kenan Evren]] | predecessor3 = [[Bülend Ulusu]] | successor3 = [[Yıldırım Akbulut]] | birth_date = {{birth date|mf=yes|1927|10|13}} | birth_place = [[Malatya]], [[Turkey]] | death_date = {{death date and age|mf=yes|1993|04|17|1927|10|13}} | death_place = [[Ankara]], [[Turkey]] | spouse = Ayhan İnal (m. 1952, div. 1952) <br> Semra Özal (m. 1954) | children = 3 | party = [[Motherland Party (Turkey)|ANAP]] | alma_mater = [[Istanbul Technical University]] | signature = Turgut Özal Signature.svg }} '''Turgut Özal''' (October 13, 1927 &ndash; April 17, 1993) was [[Prime Minister of Turkey]] (1983–1989) and [[President of Turkey]] (1989–1993). As [[List of Prime Ministers of Turkey|Prime Minister]], he transformed the economy of Turkey by paving the way for the privatization of many state enterprises.<ref name=afterkemal>{{cite news|url=http://www.lrb.co.uk/v30/n18/ande01_.html |accessdate=2008-12-29 |title=After Kemal |date=2008-09-25 |work=[[London Review of Books]] |first=Perry |last=Anderson |authorlink=Perry Anderson }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url = http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,901030804-471150-1,00.html |title = Not Just Business As Usual |work = TIME |accessdate = 2008-08-14 |date = 2003-07-27 |author = Purvis, Andrew |authorlink = Andrew Purvis |archive-date = 2007-12-29 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071229003136/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,901030804-471150-1,00.html |url-status = d