Education
Baban attended Galatasaray High School, Istanbul, and graduated from Istanbul University in 1934.
Baban attended Galatasaray High School, Istanbul, and graduated from Istanbul University in 1934.
As a journalist, Baban contributed to newspapers including Son Posta, Yeni Sabah, Cumhuriyet, and Tercüman, and he was one of the founders of the Turkish Journalists" Association in 1946. He also wrote a variety of books Baban was elected in the 1946 general election for the Democratic Party, representing Istanbul.
He was re-elected in the 1950 general election and 1954 general election, representing Izmir Province until the 1957 elections, in which he was not elected.
In the October 1961 general election he was elected again for the Republican People"s Party representing Istanbul, and in the 1965 general election representing Çanakkale. He later served as Minister of Culture in the 1980-1983 post-coup government of Bülend Ulusu.
He was a member of the constituent assembly which wrote the 1961 Constitution of Turkey, and was Minister of Tourism and Promotion (January to August 1961) in the 1960-1961 post-coup government of Cemal Gürsel.
