Turhan Feyzioğlu
 Turhan Feyzioğlu    (academic, politician) | ||||||||||
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| Born | 1922 Kayseri, Turkey | |||||||||
| Died | 24 March 1988 (Age 66) Ankara, Turkey | |||||||||
Cause of death | heart attack | |||||||||
| Nationality | Turkish | |||||||||
| Alma mater | Galatasaray High School, Istanbul University Faculty of Law, Oxford University | |||||||||
| Children | • Saide Feyzioğlu • Metin Feyzioğlu | |||||||||
| Spouse | Leyla Feyzioğlu | |||||||||
| Party | Republican People's Party, Republican Party (Turkey) | |||||||||
Attended the 1975 Bilderberg as Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey
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Turhan Feyzioğlu was a Turkish law professor, lawyer and politician.
Education
He completed his primary education in Kayseri and his secondary education at Galatasaray High School in Istanbul. He graduated from Istanbul University Faculty of Law. He completed his postgraduate studies at the French École nationale d'administration and at the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom.[1] In 1947, he obtained his Ph.D. from Ankara University with a thesis entitled "Judicial Supervision of the Conformity of Laws to the Constitution in Turkey and Other Countries." During this period, he also translated Friedrich Hayek's The Road to Serfdom.[2] He became the youngest professor in Turkey in 1955.
Career
In 1956, he became the dean of the Faculty of Political Sciences of Ankara University. He clashed with the ruling Democratic Party over his articles in the faculty's "Forum" magazine and resigned from the university when a prosecution was opened against him.
After a while, he was thrown into politics with the Republican People's Party (CHP). He was elected as a deputy from Sivas in 1957. After the 1960 Turkish coup, he was elected as the Rector of the Middle East Technical University.
In the elections held in 1961, he was elected as the MP from Kayseri, his home. He sat in two governments of İsmet İnönü In the first he was state minister (ministre sans portefeuille) and in the second as deputy prime minister.[3] 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 actively opposed the policy termed "left of center", advocated by Bülent Ecevit.
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.[4] 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.[4] After merging, the party was renamed as Republican Reliance Party. Turhan Feyzioğlu continued as the chairman of Republican Reliance Party.
Republican Reliance Party continued up to 1980 and Turhan Feyzioğlu continued to be an MP from Kayseri. Although his party was losing support, Feyzioğlu was two times deputy prime minister in coalition governments; in 1975 in Süleyman Demirel's cabinet and in 1978 Bülent Ecevit’s cabinet.[3]He retired from active politics in 1981.
After 1980, he withdrew from political life.[5]He was appointed as the Cyprus Counselor by the military government (1981).[6]
Event Participated in
| Event | Start | End | Location(s) | Description |
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| Bilderberg/1975 | 25 April 1975 | 27 April 1975 | Turkey Golden Dolphin Hotel Cesme | The 24th Bilderberg Meeting, 98 guests |
References
- ↑ http://www.biyografya.com/biyografi/17860
- ↑ https://ataturkansiklopedisi.gov.tr/bilgi/turhan-feyzioglu-1922-kayseri-1988-istanbul/
- ↑ a b https://web.archive.org/web/20130602200959/http://www.basbakanlik.gov.tr/Forms/pCabinetRoot.aspx
- ↑ a b Türkiye'nin 75 Yılı, Tempo Yayınları, Istanbul, 1998
- ↑ http://www.hukukihaber.net/turhan-feyzioglu-biyografi,19.html
- ↑ https://www.biyografya.com/en/biographies/turhan-feyzioglu-7522a865
