Osman Bölükbaşı
Osman Bölükbaşı | |
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Democrat Party | |
Spouse | Mediha (Büyükyağcıoğlu) Bölükbaşı |
Children | Deniz Bölükbaşı, Fatma Gül Bölükbaşı, Gönül Hürriyet Bölükbaşı (son) |
Education | Mathematics |
Alma mater | Istanbul High School University of Nancy, France |
Occupation | Politician |
Osman Bölükbaşı (1913 – February 6, 2002) was a Turkish politician and political party leader.
Early life
He was born at Hasanlar village of the former Mucur district in 1913.[1]
He completed his secondary education at the Istanbul High School. He studied Mathematics at the University of Nancy in France graduating in 1937.[1][2][3]
Returned home in 1938, Bölükbaşı began working as assistant to Fatin Gökmen at the Kandilli Observatory in Istanbul. In 1940, he took a teacher post in the Haydarpaşa High School, where he served until 1946.[1][2][3]
Political career
Introduced to
On July 20, 1948, he co-founded with
Bölükbaşı entered the parliament representing his hometown Kırşehir as the only deputy of his party following the 1950 general elections. His party was banned in 1953 on the grounds of anti-secularism politics. Osman Bölükbaşı subsequently formed the Republican Nation Party (CMP) with the founders of the closed party. The new established party won five seats in the parliament at the 1954 general elections. All the five deputies were from Kırşehir, the hometown of Bölükbaşı.[1][3]
The ruling Democrat Party changed the province status of Kırşehir to district and subordinated it to Nevşehir Province. Kırşehir remained district for the following period of three years. During this time, Bölükbaşı harshly criticized the government. Kırşehir's province status was restored in June 1957, however, the district of his village Hasanlar and three other districts remained within Nevşehir Province. Bölükbaşı was arrested in July 1957 on grounds of insulting the parliament.[1][3]
In the 1957 general elections, he secured a seat in the parliament along with other three party colleagues from the CMP. Because still imprisoned, he took the required oath of office at the Tenth Ward of the Ankara Central Prison in pajamas before the inmates.[3]
To strengthen opposition to the ruling Democratic Party, the CMP merged with the
Following the
Later years
Osman Bölükbaşı stepped down from the post of the Nation Party's leadership in 1972. The reason of his quitting was the conflict of opinion within the party, and also finally injustice done by party members to Hasan Koçdemir, his close friend in active politics. On September 9, 1973, Bölükbaşı resigned from his post as the deputy of Ankara, he was holding since 1961, and left active politics five weeks before the 1973 general elections.[1][3]
Osman Bölükbaşı was a man of action and full of spirits, who won the sympathy of broad masses for his openness, straightforwardness, honesty, rhetoric, quick-wittedness and temperament. He was nicknamed "Anatolian Storm" Turkish: Anadolu Fırtınası). For chatterers, the saying "Bölükbaşı gab" was coined. His mass meetings during the electoral campaigns were attended by crowds, who, however, did not always vote for him.[1][2]
Osman Bölükbaşı died of respiratory failure at the university hospital in Ankara on February 6, 2002, and was laid to rest two days later at the Cebeci Asri Cemetery following a memorial ceremony held at the parliament building and later a religious funeral service at the Kocatepe Mosque in Ankara. He was survived by his wife Mediha Bölükbaşı (née Büyükyağcıoğlu) and his son Ahmet Deniz Bölükbaşı, who is a former ambassador and former MP from the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP).[1][3][4]
References
- ^ NTV-MSNBC(in Turkish). 2002-02-06. Retrieved 2012-04-18.
- ^ a b c d e Hür, Ayşe (2011-06-12). "Müzmin muhalif Osman Bölükbaşı". Taraf (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 2012-03-18. Retrieved 2013-04-18.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Osman Bölükbaşı öldü". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 2002-02-06. Retrieved 2013-04-18.
- ^ "Bölükbaşı'nın acısını paylaştı". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 2011-10-15. Retrieved 2013-04-18.
Further reading
- Bölükbaşı, Deniz (2005). Osman Bölükbaşı: Türk Siyasetinde Anadolu Fırtınası. Doğan Kitap Yayınları. p. 598. ISBN 978-975 991 7036.
- Artvinli, Fatih (2007). Osman Bölükbaşı Seraba Harcanmış Bir Ömür. Kitap Yayinevi. p. 251. ISBN 978-975 605 1603.