Hasan Âli Yücel

Hasan Ali Yücel
Hasan Âli Yücel
President of Ministers of National Education
In office
28 December 1938 – 5 August 1946
Preceded by Saffet Arıkan
Succeeded by Reşat Şemsettin Sirer
Personal details
Born (1897-12-17)17 December 1897
Istanbul, Ottoman Empire
Died 26 February 1961(1961-02-26) (aged 63)
Istanbul, Turkey

Hasan Âli Yücel (17 December 1897 in Istanbul – 26 February 1961) was a Turkish writer, teacher and politician who served as Minister of National Education of Turkey from December 1938 to August 1946. He is remembered for his reforms of the education system, and the foundation of Village Institutes. He was the father of Turkish poet Can Yücel.

In 1997, UNESCO was associated with the celebration of the centenary of his birth.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Celebration of anniversaries with which UNESCO was associated since 1996 (Last. Retrieved 21 April 2008).


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