Scientist, politician and statesman (B. 1922, Kayseri – D. 24 Mart
1988, Ankara). He is the son of Sait Azmi, who is from the Feyzioğulları
family, which is a rooted family of Kayseri,
and who has served as a judge, teacher, lawyer and parliamentarian for two
periods. He started his primary education in Kayseri,
then attended many schools, completed Galatasaray High School
in 1940-41 academic year and graduated from Faculty of Law of Istanbul
University in 1945. He accomplished profession and research studies in Ecole Nationale d’Administration in France and in Oxford
University in England and returned back to
hometown. He started to work as a research assistant in the Political Sciences
Faculty of Ankara University (1946). He completed his doctorate study there
with the thesis on “Kanunların
Anayasaya Uygunluğunun Kazaî Murakabesi” (1949).
After
he was given the title of associate professorship in the Faculty of Political
Sciences, he was sent to England (1952). When he returned to Turkey, he
advanced to professorship in 1955. Afterwards, he was elected as the Dean of
the Faculty of Political Sciences (1956). He was known as the youngest Dean of
Turkey and his advice to the students, “Nabza göre şerbet vermeyin” (T.N. “Do
not keep a foot in both camps”). Meanwhile, he took part among the founders and
authors of the magazine Forum. Because of the dissidence he experienced with
the Demokrat Party (DP) government, he resigned from his position at the
university. He entered into the Cumhuriyet Halk Party (CHP) and went into
politics. He was elected as parliamentarian of Sivas and served in TBMM (T.N.
Grand National Assembly of Turkey) between 1957 and 60. After the military coup
on May 27, 1960, he was appointed as the rector of Middle East Technical
University and elected as the member of Constituent Assembly from the quota of
the university (1961). In the Constituent Assembly, he was appointed as the
President of the Constitutional Committee. In the Second Cemal Gürsel
Government formed in 1961, he served as the Minister of National Education
(January-October 1961) and in the first coalition government, as the Minister
of State and the Deputy Prime Minister.
However, when
he couldn’t manage to ensure the dismissed 147 lecturers to return to their
duties, he quit the ministry. He was elected as the parliamentarian of Kayseri
in the general elections of 1961 from the list of CHP (1961-65) and served in
the party management. He served as the Deputy Prime Minister in the Second
İnönü Coalition Government (1962-63). He
opposed the “Left of the Center” movement in CHP that was started by Bülent
Ecevit and left the party with a group of friends and founded the Güven Party (GP).
He was elected as the general president of the party (October 1967). GP,
combined with Kemal Satır and friends, who left CHP in the meantime and founded
the Cumhuriyetçi Party and named as Cumhuriyetçi Güven Party (CGP). He was
elected as the general president of that party (1973-80). He served as the Deputy Prime Minister in the coalition
government founded by Süleyman
Demirel (1975-77), and then that founded by Bülent Ecevit (1978-79). In
the elections of 1973 and 1977, he again elected as the Kayseri parliamentarian of CGP. Although his
prime ministry was of question after the military coup on September 12, 1980,
it wasn’t realized. During the military government of September 12, since the
political parties were closed too after the parliament, Feyzioğlu resigned the
political life. He was appointed as the Cyprus Counselor by the military
government (1981). He was appointed as the member of Atatürk Kültür
Dil ve Tarih Yüksek Kurulu (T.N. Atatürk Supreme Council for Culture, Language and
History) (1982).
Prof. Feyzioğlu, until he
terminated his political life in 1980, worked as the Member of Parliament and
constituent assembly for about twenty five years. He served as the State
Minister and Deputy Prime Minister in two İnönü Governments. He also took charge
as government official during his general presidency of Cumhuriyetçi Güven
Party. During his representation of Turkey in the Council of Europe, he
worked as the Deputy President of the Parliamentarian Assembly of the Council
of Europe.
Prof. Dr. Turhan Feyzioğlu, took
Kemalism as his guide throughout his life. He produced works in line with this point
of view. He also has works and articles published in Turkish, English and
French on economics, law, and political sciences. Turhan Feyzioğlu, the scientist
and politician, died in Ankara
on March 24, 1988 due to cardiac insufficiency.
MAIN WORKS:
SURVEYS-REVIEWS:
İdare
Hukukunda Beklenmeyen Haller: Emprevizyon Nazariyesi (1947), Kanunların Anayasaya Uygunluğunun
Kazai Murakebesi (Phd Thesis, 1951), İdare Hukukunda Beklenmeyen
Haller Nazariyesi
(1952), Du
Parti Unique a’ la
Démocratie (Paris 1953), Kanunların
Anayasaya Uygunluğunun Kazai Murakabesi: Tabana Memleketlerde ve Türkiye’de (1957), Demokrasiye ve Diktatörlüğe Dair Düşünceler (1957),
Türkiye'de Kaza ve Vilayet İdaresi Üzerinde Bir Araştırma (1958),
Demokrasiye ve Diktatörlüğe Dair
Memleket Meseleleri Hakkında Düşünceler (1957), Devlet Adamı Atatürk (Ankara 1963), Büyük Tehlike Komünizm (1964), Atatürkçü
ve Milliyetçi Yolda İleri (1972), Millet
Yolunda (1975), Sosyal Adalet ve
Sosyal Güvenlik İçin (Ankara 1976), Atatürkçü
Yol (1977), Kemal Atatürk de la
liberation Nationale et du Development Dans le Paix (1987), Atatürks Way: A Cultural Publication of
Otomarsan (editor, joint book, 1982), Chypre:
Mythes et Realies (Ankara 1984), Atatürk
İlkeleri ve İnkılâp Tarihi II: Atatürkçülük, Atatürkçü Düşünce Sisteminin Temelleri (joint book, 1986), Atatürk ve Milliyetçilik (1986), Un liberateur et un Modernisateur Genial,
Publie Par le Centre de Recherche s Atatürk (1987), Atatürk Yolu (joint book, 1987).
TRANSLATION: Umumi İktisada Giriş (From Gaetan Piran, 1945), Esaret Yolu (From Hayek, 1948).
