Hasan Celal Güzel (1945 – 19 March 2018) was a Turkish journalist and politician. He was Minister of Education, Youth and Sport (1987–1989). He was leader of the Rebirth Party in the 1990s, a party he co-founded in 1992. He was a columnist for ''

Radikal ''Radikal'' () was a daily liberal Turkish language newspaper, published in Istanbul. From 1996 it was published by Aydın Doğan's Doğan Media Group. Although Radikal did not endorse a particular political alignment, it was generally considered ...

'' and '' Vatan''.

Career

After graduating from Ankara University with a degree in economics Güzel worked in the State Planning Organization, and then in various administrative roles in the government including in the Prime Minister's office. In a 1986 election he was elected to the

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for the Motherland Party (Turkish: Anavatan Partisi), serving as a minister of state. He was re-elected in the 1987 elections and was appointed minister of education, youth and sport (1987–1989). On 23 November 1992, Güzel co-founded the Rebirth Party (YDP) and was elected its vice-chair. He was the leader of the party during the

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and

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. In 2012 Güzel said that General

Teoman Koman Teoman Koman ( – 14 December 2013) was a Turkish general who retired in 1997. He was General Commander of the Gendarmerie of Turkey (1995 - 1997) and previously head of the National Intelligence Organization (1988 - 1992) and Deputy Secretary ...

had approached him in September 1996 with a view to installing him or

Mesut Yılmaz Ahmet Mesut Yılmaz () (6 November 1947 – 30 October 2020) was a Turkish politician. He was the leader of the Motherland Party ( tr, Anavatan Partisi, ANAP) from 1991 to 2002, and served three times as Prime Minister of Turkey. His first two p ...

as prime minister after a planned coup. Güzel declined to get involved. In the event, Yılmaz was appointed Prime Minister after the 28 February 1997 "post-modern coup".

References

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