Kasım Gülek (1905 – 1996) was a prominent Turkishstatesman credited with being instrumental in entrenching democracy in Turkey by taking politics to the masses.
After receiving a letter praising Kasım Gülek from the Dean of Columbia University, Atatürk, founder of modern Turkey, called upon him and offered him to become a Member of Parliament. Throughout his career, he held various ministerial positions including Minister of Public Works, Minister of Communications, Transport Minister, and Deputy Prime Minister.
He was a leading member of Atatürk's party, the Republican People's Party (CHP). Early in 1947 he was one of the leaders of group of thirty-five deputies who revolted in the party caucus urging reforms and liberalizations. The episode was called the "Rebellion of 35", but even though it was unsuccessful, Gülek and three other insurgents were still permitted to join the cabinet afterwards.
He is best remembered for his role as the Secretary General of the Republican People's Party from 1950 until 1959, a position to which he was elected seven consecutive times with an overwhelming majority of the vote. During his time as Secretary General, he resurrected the crushed CHP by travelling to the all corners of Turkey visiting almost every village in the country. He later served as a member of the Constituent Assembly and as a Senator from Adana.
He also held several international positions such as Chairman of the UN Commission on Korea, President of the North Atlantic Assembly, Governor of the Atlantic Institute, Vice-President of NATO Parliamentarians Conference and Vice-President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.
kasım, gülek, 1905, 1996, prominent, turkish, statesman, credited, with, being, instrumental, entrenching, democracy, turkey, taking, politics, masses, turkish, minister, transportin, office, june, 1948, january, 1949preceded, byşükrü, koçaksucceeded, bykemal,. Kasim Gulek 1905 1996 was a prominent Turkish statesman credited with being instrumental in entrenching democracy in Turkey by taking politics to the masses Kasim GulekTurkish Minister of TransportIn office 10 June 1948 16 January 1949Preceded bySukru KocakSucceeded byKemal SatirMinister of Public Works of TurkeyIn office 10 September 1947 10 June 1948Preceded byCevdet Kerim IncedayiSucceeded byNihat ErimSecretary General of the Republican People s PartyIn office 29 June 1950 28 September 1959Preceded byTevfik Fikret SilaySucceeded byIsmail Rustu AksalPersonal detailsBorn1905Adana Ottoman EmpireDiedJanuary 19 1996 1996 01 19 aged 91 Washington D C United States Contents 1 Biography 2 Political career 3 References 4 External linksBiographyHe was born and lived in Adana Adana Vilayet Ottoman Empire until he went away to school in Istanbul where he studied respectively at Galatasaray High School and Robert College He then went on to study at Ecole des Sciences Politiques in Paris France followed by Columbia University in New York City New York United States where he received his PhD in Economics After undertaking post doctorate studies at Cambridge in the United Kingdom and Berlin University as a fellow of the Rockefeller Foundation he returned to his country upon request form the founder and president of the republic of Turkey Mustafa Kemal Ataturk Political career EditAfter receiving a letter praising Kasim Gulek from the Dean of Columbia University Ataturk founder of modern Turkey called upon him and offered him to become a Member of Parliament Throughout his career he held various ministerial positions including Minister of Public Works Minister of Communications Transport Minister and Deputy Prime Minister He was a leading member of Ataturk s party the Republican People s Party CHP Early in 1947 he was one of the leaders of group of thirty five deputies who revolted in the party caucus urging reforms and liberalizations The episode was called the Rebellion of 35 but even though it was unsuccessful Gulek and three other insurgents were still permitted to join the cabinet afterwards He is best remembered for his role as the Secretary General of the Republican People s Party from 1950 until 1959 a position to which he was elected seven consecutive times with an overwhelming majority of the vote During his time as Secretary General he resurrected the crushed CHP by travelling to the all corners of Turkey visiting almost every village in the country He later served as a member of the Constituent Assembly and as a Senator from Adana He also held several international positions such as Chairman of the UN Commission on Korea President of the North Atlantic Assembly Governor of the Atlantic Institute Vice President of NATO Parliamentarians Conference and Vice President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe He had 2 children including Tayyibe Gulek References EditAfad org tr Biography of Kasim Gulek in Turkish External links EditKasim Gulek official websitePreceded byHilmi Uran Secretary general of the Republican People s Party1950 1959 Succeeded byIsmail Rustu Aksal Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Kasim Gulek amp oldid 1121628380, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
