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Ahmet Tahtakılıç | |
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Minister of Labour | |
In office 5 January 1961 – 3 March 1961 | |
President | Cemal Gürsel |
Minister of National Education | |
In office 2 March 1961 – 20 November 1961 | |
President | Cemal Gürsel |
Personal details | |
Born | 1900 Bozkış village, Uşak, Ottoman Empire |
Died | 13 December 2007 | (aged 97–98)
Political party | |
Children | 4 |
Alma mater | Darülfünun |
Occupation | Lawyer |
Ahmet Tahtakılıç (1909–2000) was a Turkish lawyer and politician. He served as a member of the Parliament, senator and held various cabinet posts in the early 1960s.
Early life and education
He was born in Bozkış village of Uşak in 1909.[1] His father, İbrahim Bey, was a representative of the Kuva-yi Milliye forces in Alaşehir and Uşak during the Turkish War of Independence and served at the Parliament following the establishment of Turkey.[1]
Ahmet was a graduate of Darülfünun, precursor of Istanbul University, where he received a degree in law in 1930.[2]
Career and activities
Following his graduation Tahtakılıç joined the Ministry of Interior and worked in various capacities, including district governor. He also worked as a lawyer before he was elected as deputy from Kütahya for the Democrat Party (DP) in 1946. He left the DP in 1948 and became a member of the Nation Party.[2] He served as the general secretary of the party.[2] When the Nation Party was closed, he cofounded the Republican Nation Party in February 1954 and was elected as its chairman.[2]
Tahtakılıç was the minister of labour in the cabinet formed following the military coup in May 1960. The cabinet was led by Cemal Gürsel who headed the military intervention, and Tahtakılıç held the post from 5 January 1961 to 3 March 1961.[3] In the same cabinet he also served as minister of education between 2 March 1961 and 20 November 1961.[1]
Tahtakılıç was a member of the Constituent Assembly of Turkey which lasted between 6 January 1961 and 24 October 1961 and was one of the representatives of the Republican Villagers Nation Party. He was elected as a deputy from Uşak in the 1961 general elections. He joined the Republican People's Party in 1973. The same year he was elected as senator from Uşak and served at the Senate until 1980.[1]
Following the military coup on 1980 Tahtakılıç retired from politics and worked as a lawyer. He was cofounder of the Human Rights Association which was established in 1986.[4] He published his memoirs with the title Dönüşü Olmayan Yol (Turkish: A Road of No Return) in 1989.[1]
Personal life and death
Tahtakılıç was married and had four children.[5]
Tahtakılıç died on 13 December 2000.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e f "Ahmet Tahtakılıç" (in Turkish). Biyografya. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
- ^ a b c d "Ahmet Tahtakılıç". Akis (in Turkish). 16 March 1957. p. 10. Retrieved 4 March 2024 – via Gaste Arşivi.
- ^ "Çalışma Bakanları" (in Turkish). Çalışma ve Sosyal Güvenlik Bakanlığı. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
- ^ Öztürk Türkdoğan (16 July 2011). "İnsan hakları mücadelesi 25. yılında". İnsan Hakları Derneği (in Turkish). Retrieved 4 March 2024.
- ^ "Ahmet Tahtakılıç" (in Turkish). Vekillerimiz. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
- 20th-century Turkish lawyers
- 20th-century Turkish non-fiction writers
- 1909 births
- 2000 deaths
- People from Uşak
- Members of the 12th Parliament of Turkey
- Deputies of Kütahya
- Istanbul University Faculty of Law alumni
- Ministers of Labour and Social Security of Turkey
- Ministers of National Education of Turkey
- Members of the 25th government of Turkey
- Democrat Party (Turkey, 1946–1960) politicians
- Nation Party (Turkey, 1948) politicians
- Republican People's Party (Turkey) politicians
- Republican Villagers Nation Party politicians
- Turkish political party founders
- Turkish human rights activists
- Members of the Constituent Assembly of Turkey