Background
Feyzioglu, Turhan was born on January 19, 1922 in Kayseri, Turkey. Son of Sait Azmi and Neyyire Feyzioglu.
Feyzioglu, Turhan was born on January 19, 1922 in Kayseri, Turkey. Son of Sait Azmi and Neyyire Feyzioglu.
Bachelor in Law, Istanbul University, Turkey, 1945. Juris Doctor, Ankara University, Turkey, 1949. Postgraduate, Oxford University, England.
Doctor of Economic Sciences (honorary), Erciyes University, Kayseri, 1984.
He is the shortest serving Prime Minister of Turkey, serving for just five hours before being replaced by senior generals that orchestrated the 1980 coup d"état. After post graduate studies in United Kingdom, he returned to Turkey and became a professor of Ankara University. In 1955, he was elected as the dean of Political Sciences School in Ankara University.
He also began writing in the bulletin of his school.
His articles however irritated the Democrat Party government and he had to resign. Although in 1960-1961 term he briefly returned to academics and served as the rector of Middle East Technical University (METU) in Ankara, his main area of interest was politics.
In the same year he was elected as the Member of Parliament from Sivas Province. In 1960 (during his service in METU) he also served in the constituent assembly and was appointed as the minister of education in Cabinet Gürsel I. In the elections held in 1961, he was elected as the Member of Parliament from Kayseri Province, his home.
He served in the two governments of İsmet İnönü In the first he served as state minister (French: ministre sans portefeuille) and in the second as deputy prime minister.
But beginning by 1965, Bülent Ecevit the secretary general of the party who had the support of İsmet İnönü began to challenge his authority in the party. Turhan Feyzioğlu struggled against Ecevit’s slogan "left of center" (Turkish: ortanın solu). Feyzioğlu became the chairman of the new party.
On 29 January 1971, the party was renamed as National Reliance Party and on 4 May 1973, Republican Party, another party also issued from CHP, merged to Nationalistic Reliance Party.
After merging, the party was renamed as Republican Reliance Party. Turhan Feyzioğlu continued as the chairman of Republican Reliance Party.
Republican Reliance Party continued up to 1980 and Turhan Feyzioğlu continued to be a Member of Parliament from Kayseri Province. Although his party was losing support, Feyzioğlu served two times as deputy prime minister in coalition governments.
In 1975 in Süleyman Demirel"s cabinet and in 1978 Bülent Ecevit’s cabinet.
(Cabinet Demirel IV and Cabinet Ecevit III) Turhan Feyzioğlu married to Leyla Cıngıllıoğlu. After 1980 he abandoned politics. Turhan Feyzioğlu died at the age of 66 in Ankara on 24 March 1988.
In 1957 he went into politics and became a member of Republican people"s Party (CHP). Turhan Feyzioğlu was one of the major figures of the party.
Member parliament Government of Turkey, 1957, 61, 65, 69, 73, 77, minister of education, member constituent assembly, 1960, minister of state, 1961, deputy prime minister, 1962-1963, 75-76, 78-79. Member Turkish High Planning Council, 1961-1963, 75-76, 78-79. Turkish representative to parliamentary assembly Council of Europe, 1964-1966, 72-73, vice president parliamentary assembly, 1972-1973.
Leader Republican Reliance Party, 1967-1980. Member Foundation for Development Higher Education (president Kayseri chapter since 1982). Clubs: Anatolian (Ankara).
Galatasouray (Istanbul).
Married Leylâ Firdevs, May 5, 1949. 1 child, Metin.