Bedrettin Tuncel (1910 in Tirebolu – 19 March 1980, in Ankara) was a former academic and a politician in

Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with a small portion on the Balkan Peninsula in ...

Early life

Born in 1910 in

Tirebolu Tirebolu (from the Greek word《Τρίπολις》meaning "three cities", named as such by its ancient Greek founders), is a town and district of Giresun Province, Turkey. Geography Tirebolu is a small town of 14,303 people located on a hill nam ...

of Giresun Province, he graduated from

Galatasaray High School Galatasaray High School ( tr, Galatasaray Lisesi, french: Lycée de Galatasaray), established in what was then Constantinople and is now Istanbul, in 1481, is the oldest high school in Turkey. It is also the second-oldest Turkish educational in ...

in 1932. For higher education he went to France to study French literature. He graduated from the

Lumière University Lyon 2 Lumière University Lyon 2 (french: Université Lumière Lyon 2) is one of the three universities that comprise the current University of Lyon, having splintered from an older university of the same name, and is primarily based on two campuses in ...

in 1936. In Turkey he served in the Ankara University for 35 years. He also lectured on the history of Art in the conservatory of

Ankara Ankara ( , ; ), historically known as Ancyra and Angora, is the capital of Turkey. Located in the central part of Anatolia, the city has a population of 5.1 million in its urban center and over 5.7 million in Ankara Province, maki ...

for 10 years. After 27 July 1963 he served as the speaker of Turkish National Committee of UNESCO

Political life

After

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in addition to his academic works, he was also appointed as the representative of universities in the

Constituent Assembly of Turkey The Constituent Assembly of Turkey ( tr, TBMM 1961 Kurucu Meclisi), also called the Chamber of Deputies, existed from 6 January 1961 to 24 October 1961. It was established by the military rule of 1960 Turkish coup d'état. About half of the members ...

. In the 24th government of Turkey he served as the Minister of National Education. But during the democratic regime after 1961, he returned to his academic life.

Books

He is the author of the following books. He also translated books from French.YK books
/ref> * Seçme Yazılar ("Selected Essays"), İstanbul:Yapı Kredi Yayınları *Tiyatro Tarihi (History of theatre), 1938 * Mahatma Gandi, 1869-1948 (1969) * Fransızca'da Yunus Emre (Yunus Emre in French language),1971 * Atatürk ve 30 Ağustos Zaferi'nin İlk Kutlanışı (Atatürk and the First celebration of the 30th of August Victory),1972 * Büyük Zafer ve Afyonkarahisar (Great Victory and Afyonkarahisar),1972 * Nikola Kopernik, 1473-1973 (1973), * Dimitrie Cantemir 1673-1724 (1975), * Romanya'nın Sesi (Voice of Romania), 1979 He also translated books from French.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tuncel, Bedrettin 1910 births 1980 deaths Ministers of National Education of Turkey People from Tirebolu Academic staff of Ankara University Turkish writers