Financer, politician and statesman,
deputy, minister, vice prime minister, founder of New Turkey Party. (B. 1916,
Adapazari/ D-.June 17, 2000). He completed his secondary education at Istanbul
Şişli Terakki High School. After graduating from Political Sciences Faculty
(1937), he started to work at Ministry of Finance, General Directorate of
Treasury. He was sent to England. While
he continued with his education at London School of Economics, he came back to
Turkey due to war. He was sent to London
School of Economics. Upon returning to Turkey, he worked at Ministry of Finance
and became the Adapazari Chamber of Industry and Commerce in 1958.
He was involved in politics in 1950
and was elected as Kocaeli deputy from Democrat Party (1950). After
1954 elections, he gained attention because of his criticism of DP's economic
policies; he had conflict with the party leaders. He also had conflict with the
party leaders on right of proof and he resigned from DP. he was among the
founders of Freedom Party (FP) (1955) and continued with his political life.
His name was very strong in the
period after May 27, 1960 Revolution. He stepped out of politics as HURPA was
not developed. When President Cemal Gursel requested, he returned to political
life as Minister of Finance. When the formation of political parties was
allowed he has established the New Turkey Party (NTP) with his friends Prof.
Cahit Talaş, Prof. Aydın Yalçın, Prof. Hikmet Belbez, İrfan Aksu, Raif Aybar
and Esat Eğilmez. YTP entered into parliament in 1961 elections as the third
political party. Alican became the State Minister and Vice Prime Minister in
1962 Second Coalition Government.
Alican resigned from his duty as
minister, and the Coalition Government ended. In 1965 elections, he was elected
as Sakarya deputy but his party only had a very small number. So, as he
realized that his political party was ineffective he quit the party leadership
in 1967 and politics in 1969. He died in Istanbul on June 17, 2000. He was
buried in Adapazari. He was married and father of three children.
REFERENCE: Afşin Oktay - Kemal
Bağlum / Biyografiler Ansiklopedisi (1959), Türkiye Ansiklopedisi 3 (1974), Yurt Ansiklopedisi (9. vol, 1984), Gül
Tuba Taşpınar-Dağcı / Ekrem Alican’ın Siyasal Hayatı (2003).
