Turhan Feyzioğlu (1922 – 24 March 1988) was a Turkish academic and a politician.
Turhan Feyzioğlu | |
|---|---|
| Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey | |
| In office 31 March 1975 – 21 June 1977 | |
| Prime Minister | Süleyman Demirel |
| Served with | Necmettin Erbakan Alparslan Türkeş |
| Preceded by | Zeyyat Baykara |
| Succeeded by | Orhan Eyüboğlu |
| In office 25 June 1962 – 25 December 1963 | |
| Prime Minister | İsmet İnönü |
| Serving with | Ekrem Alican Hasan Dincer |
| Preceded by | Ali Akif Eyidoğan |
| Succeeded by | Kemal Satır |
| Minister of State | |
| In office 20 November 1961 – 25 June 1962 | |
| Prime Minister | İsmet İnönü |
| Minister of National Education | |
| In office 5 January 1961 – 7 February 1961 | |
| Prime Minister | Cemal Gürsel |
| Preceded by | Bedrettin Tuncel |
| Succeeded by | Ahmet Tahtakılıç |
| Leader of the Republican Reliance Party | |
| In office 4 May 1973 – 16 October 1981 | |
| Preceded by | Himself (as leader of the National Reliance Party) |
| Succeeded by | Party abolished |
| Leader of the National Reliance Party | |
| In office 29 January 1971 – 4 May 1973 | |
| Preceded by | Himself (as leader of the Reliance Party) |
| Succeeded by | Himself (as leader of the Republican Reliance Party) |
| Leader of the Reliance Party | |
| In office 12 May 1967 – 29 January 1971 | |
| Preceded by | Party established |
| Succeeded by | Himself (as leader of the National Reliance Party) |
| Member of the Grand National Assembly | |
| In office 27 October 1957 – 12 September 1980 | |
| Constituency | Sivas (1957) Kayseri (1961, 1965, 1969, 1973, 1977) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1922 Kayseri, Turkey |
| Died | 24 March 1988 (aged 65–66) Ankara, Turkey |
| Political party | Republican People's Party (CHP) Republican Reliance Party (CGP) |
| Spouse | Leyla Cıngıllıoğlu |
| Children | 2 (1 adopted) |
| Relatives | Metin Feyzioğlu (grandson) |
| Education | Law |
| Alma mater | Istanbul University |
| Occupation | Politician, academician |
| Known for | Dean of Faculty of Political Science, Ankara University Rector of Middle East Technical University |
Early life
editHe was born in Kayseri. After finishing the primary school in Kayseri, he studied in Galatasaray High School and in Law school of Istanbul University. After post graduate studies in United Kingdom, he returned to Turkey and became a professor of Ankara University. In 1955, he was elected as the dean of Political Sciences School in Ankara University. He also began writing in the bulletin of his school. His articles however irritated the Democrat Party government and he had to resign. Although in 1960–1961 term he briefly returned to academics and served as the rector of Middle East Technical University (METU) in Ankara, his main area of interest was politics.[1]
Politics in CHP
editIn 1957 he went into politics and became a member of Republican People's Party (CHP). In the same year he was elected as the MP from Sivas Province. In 1960 (during his service in METU) he also served in the constituent assembly and was appointed as the minister of education[2] in Cabinet Gürsel I. In the elections held in 1961, he was elected as the MP from Kayseri Province, his home. He served in the two governments of İsmet İnönü In the first he served as state minister (French: ministre sans portefeuille) and in the second as deputy prime minister.[2] Turhan Feyzioğlu was one of the major figures of the party. But beginning by 1965, Bülent Ecevit the secretary general of the party who had the support of İsmet İnönü began to challenge his authority in the party. Turhan Feyzioğlu struggled against Ecevit’s slogan "left of center" (Turkish: ortanın solu).
Politics in Reliance Party
editOn 12 May 1967 Turhan Feyzioğlu and his 47 followers in the parliamentary group broke away from CHP to form a new party named Reliance Party.[3] Feyzioğlu became the chairman of the new party. On 29 January 1971, the party was renamed as National Reliance Party and on 4 May 1973, Republican Party, another party also issued from CHP, merged to Nationalistic Reliance Party.[3] After merging, the party was renamed as Republican Reliance Party. Turhan Feyzioğlu continued as the chairman of Republican Reliance Party.
Politics in Republican Reliance Party
editRepublican Reliance Party continued up to 1980 and Turhan Feyzioğlu continued to be an MP from Kayseri Province. Although his party was losing support, Feyzioğlu served two times as deputy prime minister in coalition governments; in 1975 in Süleyman Demirel's cabinet and in 1978 Bülent Ecevit’s cabinet.[2] (Cabinet Demirel IV and Cabinet Ecevit III)
Family life
editTurhan Feyzioğlu married to Leyla Cıngıllıoğlu. Their daughter Saide (1950-1969) married Mehmet Buçukoğlu, but she died two hours after bearing a son, Metin, on 7 July 1969. Metin was adopted by his grandparents and took the surname Feyzioğlu. He became a professor of criminal law and was elected President of Turkish Union of Bar Associations in May 2013.[4][5]
Death
editAfter 1980 he abandoned politics.[1] Turhan Feyzioğlu died at the age of 66 in Ankara on 24 March 1988.
Books
editThe following is the list of Feyzioğlu's books. Five of them are in Turkish and one in French.
- Kanunların Anayasaya Uygunluğunun Kazai Murakabesi (1951)
- Demokrasiye ve Diktatörlüğe Dair (1957)
- Devlet Adamı Atatürk (1963)
- Atatürk ve Milliyetçilik
- Türk Millî Mücadelesinin ve Atatürkçülüğün Temel İlkelerinden Biri Olarak Millet Egemenliği.
- Atatürk Yolu
- Un Liberateur et un Modernisateur Genial Kemal Atatürk
References
edit- ^ a b Law news (in Turkish)
- ^ a b c Official page of Prime minister Archived 2 June 2013 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b Türkiye'nin 75 Yılı, Tempo Yayınları, Istanbul, 1998
- ^ "Kılıçdaroğlu'na sözüm var: Hep doğruyu söyleyeceğim". Hürriyet Pazar (in Turkish). 30 October 2011. Retrieved 12 July 2013.
- ^ "Barolar Birliği Başkanı Metin Feyzioğlu". Radikal (in Turkish). 26 May 2013. Retrieved 12 July 2013.