Simplify the following text for a Grade 7 native English-speaking person.
Original: Ahmet Kenan Evren ( ; born 17 July 1917 ) was the seventh President of Turkey ; a post he assumed by leading the 1980 military coup .
Simplified: Ahmet Kenan Evren ( born 17 July 1918 in AlaÅ ehir , Manisa ) , was the 7th president of Turkey . He was a former Turkish general and the leader of the coup d' Ã tat on 12 September 1980 .