Bedrettin Tuncel (1910 – 19 March 1980) was a former academic and a politician in Turkey. He served in the

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for 35 years. He also lectured on the history of Art in the conservatory of

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

Early life

Born in 1910 in

Tirebolu Tirebolu (from the Greek word "Τρίπολις" meaning "three cities"; old name Tripolis, formerly Ischopolis, from the Greek "Ἰσχόπολις") is a town in Giresun Province, Turkey. It is the seat of Tirebolu District.

Giresun Province Giresun Province (Greek language, Greek : Κερασούντα, ; ) is a Provinces of Turkey, province of Turkey on the Black Sea coast. Its adjacent provinces are Trabzon Province, Trabzon to the east, Gümüşhane Province, Gümüşhane to the ...

, he graduated from

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

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in 1936.

Political life

After the

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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 (), 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 were appointed by the milita ...

. In the

24th government of Turkey The 24th government of Turkey (30 May 1960 – 5 January 1961) was a government in the history of Turkey. It is also called ''the first Gürsel government''. Background After the 1960 Turkish coup d'état, the coup leader Cemal Gürsel formed a ...

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

Books

Tuncel is the author of the following books. He also translated books from

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.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

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tuncel, Bedrettin 1910 births 1980 deaths Ministers of national education of Turkey People from Tirebolu Academic staff of Ankara University 20th-century Turkish male writers