Turhan Feyzioğlu (1922 – 24 March 1988) was a Turkish academic and a politician.

Early life

He was born in

Kayseri Kayseri (; el, Καισάρεια) is a large industrialised city in Central Anatolia, Turkey, and the capital of Kayseri province. The Kayseri Metropolitan Municipality area is composed of five districts: the two central districts of Kocasina ...

. After finishing the primary school in Kayseri, he studied in

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 ...

and in Law school of

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. After post graduate studies in

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, he returned to

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 ...

and became a professor of

Ankara University Ankara University ( tr, Ankara Üniversitesi) is a public university in Ankara, the capital city of Turkey. It was the first higher education institution founded in Turkey after the formation of the republic in 1923. The university has 40 vocat ...

. In 1955, he was elected as the dean of

Political Sciences Political science is the scientific study of politics. It is a social science dealing with systems of governance and power, and the analysis of political activities, political thought, political behavior, and associated constitutions and l ...

School in

. 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 Middle East Technical University (commonly referred to as METU; in Turkish, ''Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi'', ODTÜ) is a public technical university located in Ankara, Turkey. The university emphasizes research and education in engineering ...

(METU) in

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 ...

, his main area of interest was politics.Law news
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Politics in CHP

In 1957 he went into politics and became a member of

Republican People's Party The Republican People's Party ( tr, Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi, , acronymized as CHP ) is a Kemalist and social-democratic political party in Turkey which currently stands as the main opposition party. It is also the oldest political party i ...

(CHP). In the same year he was elected as the MP from

Sivas Province Sivas Province ( tr, ) is a province of Turkey. It is largely located at the eastern part of the Central Anatolia region of Turkey; it is the second largest province in Turkey by territory. Its adjacent provinces are Yozgat to the west, Kays ...

. In 1960 (during his service in METU) he also served in the constituent assembly and was appointed as the minister of education in Cabinet Gürsel I. In the elections held in 1961, he was elected as the MP from

Kayseri Province The Kayseri Province ( tr, ) is situated in central Turkey. The population is 1,434,357 of which around 1,175,876 live in the city of Kayseri. It covers an area of 16,917 km2 and it borders with Sivas, Adana, Niğde, Kahramanmaraş, ...

, his home. He served in the two governments of

İsmet İnönü Mustafa İsmet İnönü (; 24 September 1884 – 25 December 1973) was a Turkish army officer and statesman of Kurdish descent, who served as the second President of Turkey from 11 November 1938 to 22 May 1950, and its Prime Minister three time ...

In the first he served as

state minister Minister of State is a title borne by politicians in certain countries governed under a parliamentary system. In some countries a Minister of State is a Junior Minister of government, who is assigned to assist a specific Cabinet Minister. I ...

(french: ministre sans portefeuille) and in the second as

deputy prime minister A deputy prime minister or vice prime minister is, in some countries, a government minister who can take the position of acting prime minister when the prime minister is temporarily absent. The position is often likened to that of a vice president, ...

.Official page of Prime minister
Turhan Feyzioğlu was one of the major figures of the party. But beginning by 1965,

Bülent Ecevit Mustafa Bülent Ecevit (; 28 May 1925 – 5 November 2006) was a Turkish politician, statesman, poet, writer, scholar, and journalist, who served as the Prime Minister of Turkey four times between 1974 and 2002. He served as prime minister in ...

the secretary general of the party who had the support of

began to challenge his authority in the party. Turhan Feyzioğlu struggled against Ecevit’s slogan "left of center" ( tr, ortanın solu).

Politics in Reliance Party

On 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 Republican Reliance Party ( tr, Cumhuriyetçi Güven Partisi, CGP) was a former party in Turkey. Background The Republican People's Party (CHP) which is usually credited as the founder of the Turkish Republic in 1923 was the oldest party in Tu ...

.Türkiye'nin 75 Yılı, Tempo Yayınları, Istanbul, 1998 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,

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, another party also issued from CHP, merged to Nationalistic Reliance Party. 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

Republican Reliance Party continued up to 1980 and Turhan Feyzioğlu continued to be an MP from

Province. Although his party was losing support, Feyzioğlu served two times as deputy prime minister in coalition governments; in 1975 in

Süleyman Demirel Süleyman Sami Demirel (; 1 November 1924 – 17 June 2015) was a Turkish politician, engineer, and statesman who served as the 9th President of Turkey from 1993 to 2000. He previously served as the Prime Minister of Turkey seven times betwee ...

's cabinet and in 1978 Bülent Ecevit’s cabinet. ( Cabinet Demirel IV and Cabinet Ecevit III)

Family life

Turhan 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.

Death

After 1980 he abandoned politics. Turhan Feyzioğlu died at the age of 66 in

on 24 March 1988.

Books

The following is the list of Feyzioğlu's books. Five of them are in Turkish and one in

French French (french: français(e), link=no) may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to France ** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents ** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with Franc ...

. * ''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

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