Hasan Polatkan

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Turkish politician (1915–1961)

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Field	Value
name	Hasan Polatkan
nationality	Turkish
image	Hasan Polatkan 1950.png
imagesize	185px
office	Minister of Finance of Turkey
term_start	3 December 1956
term_end	27 May 1960
primeminister	Adnan Menderes
predecessor	Nedim Ökmen
successor	Ekrem Alican
office2	Minister of Finance of Turkey
term_start2	14 December 1950
term_end2	9 December 1955
primeminister2	Adnan Menderes
predecessor2	Halil Ayan
successor2	Nedim Ökmen
office3	Minister of Labor of Turkey
term_start3	22 May 1950
term_end3	22 December 1950
primeminister3	Adnan Menderes
predecessor3	Mustafa Münir Birsel
successor3	Ahmet Hulusi Köymen
birth_date	1915
birth_place	Eskişehir, Ottoman Empire
death_date
death_place	İmralı Prison, İmralı, Turkey
death_cause	Execution by hanging
party	Democrat Party
alma_mater	Istanbul University (BA)
spouse	Mutahhare
children	Nilgün (daughter)
signature	Hasan Polatkan-signature.png
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Hasan Polatkan (1915 – 16 September 1961) was a Turkish politician and Minister of Labor and Finance, who was executed by hanging after the 1960 Turkish coup d'état along with two other cabinet members.

Early years

He was born 1915 in Eskişehir, Ottoman Empire (now Turkey) to a family of Crimean Tatar descent. He studied political science at Istanbul University. After his graduation in 1936, Polatkan worked at the publicly owned Ziraat Bank as inspector.

Political career

Polatkan entered politics and was elected in the 1946 general election deputy of Eskişehir into the Turkish Grand National Assembly for the Democratic Party. He secured his seat in the parliament after the 1950, 1954 and 1957 general elections. He served in the cabinet of Prime Minister Adnan Menderes as Minister of Labor () and later twice as Minister of Finance ( and ) until the 1960 Turkish coup d'état which ousted the 19th government.

Polatkan, Sıtkı Yırcalı and Fatin Rüştü Zorlu were investigated by a parliamentary commission in January 1956 due to the allegations of their involvelment in importing East German trucks and tires of no value and a general neglect of their duty.{{cite journal|issue=2|page=193 |year=1956|title=Developments of the Quarter: Comment and Chronology|journal=The Middle East Journal|volume=10|jstor=4322801}}

Coup, trial and execution

He was arrested with Menderes in Kütahya, charged with corruption and violating the constitution along with some other party members, and arraigned at the Yassıada trials. Polatkan was sentenced to death and hanged on the island of İmralı on 16 September 1961, as were Adnan Menderes and Fatin Rüştü Zorlu. Many years after his death, his grave was moved to a mausoleum in Istanbul on 17 September 1990 along with Menderes' and Zorlu's remains.

He was survived by his wife Mutahhare Polatkan and daughter Nilgün Polatkan.

Legacy

A boulevard in Eskişehir is named after him. His name is given to a high school in Bakırköy, Istanbul, as well as to a secondary school, and a cultural center in Odunpazarı, Eskişehir. The airport in the city of Eskişehir is also named after him.

References

The Atatürk Institute for Modern Turkish History - Biography of Hasan Polatkan

References

(2013-01-25). "Hasan Polatkan'ın ailesi isyan etti". [[Bugün]].
"Ana Sayfa". Milli Eğitim Bakanlığı - Eskişehir - Odunpazarı - Hasan Polatkan Ortaokulu.
"Ana Sayfa". Milli Eğitim Bakanlığı - İstanbul - Bakırköy - Hasan Polatkan Anadolu Lisesi.
(2014-03-02). "Hasan Polatkan Kültür Merkezi Açıldı". Haberler.
"Hasan Polatkan Caddesi Haritası". Harita Map.
(2013-09-18). "52. yıl anması". [[Hürriyet]].
"Biyografi - Hasan Polatkan". Es Haber 26.

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