Sıtkı Yırcalı

Sıtkı Yırcalı (1908–1988) was a Turkish jurist and politician who served in various cabinet posts during the period between 1950 and 1958. He was a member of the Democrat Party and then of the Justice Party.

Sıtkı Yırcalı
Personal details
Born13 September 1908
Balıkesir, Ottoman Empire
Died29 September 1988(1988-09-29) (aged 80)
Ankara, Turkey
Resting placeCebeci cemetery, Ankara
NationalityTurk
Political party
Children2
Alma mater

Early life and education

Yırcalı was born in Balıkesir on 13 September 1908.[1] He hailed from a well-known family, and his father, Yırcalızade Şükrü, was a member of the Committee of Union and Progress who was active in its local branch.[2] Sıtkı graduated from Kabataş Erkek Lisesi in 1928.[1] He received a bachelor's degree in law from Istanbul University and a PhD in law from the University of Paris.[2]

Career

Following his graduation Yırcalı worked as a lawyer in his hometown.[1][2] He joined the Democrat Party in 1946 and became its head in Balıkesir.[1] He was elected to the Parliament in 1950 and served there for three terms.[3] In the cabinets led by Prime Minister Adnan Menderes Yırcalı held the following cabinet posts: minister of customs and monopolies (1951–1952), minister of industry (1952–1954; 1958), minister of economy (1954–1955) and minister of press and tourism (1957–1958).[2] He resigned from office while serving as minister of industry 1958.[4]

From 1957 to 1960 Yırcalı was among the Democrat Party members who opposed the hegemony of the founders of the party, including Adnan Menderes.[5] The group was consisted of 150 party members and headed by him.[6]

Yırcalı was arrested after the military coup on 27 May 1960 and jailed in Yassıada for a while.[3] He was not charged with a crime possibly due to his overt criticisms over the policies of the Democrat Party.[7] He continued to work as a lawyer and was elected, as a senator for the Justice Party in 1975.[3]

Personal life and death

Yırcalı was married and had a son and a daughter.[3] His younger brother, Sırrı, was also a lawyer and a politician from the Democrat Party who was a member of the Parliament between 1954 and 1960.[2]

Sıtkı Yırcalı died in Ankara on 29 September 1988 and was buried in Cebeci cemetery.[3]

References
  1. "Sıtkı Yırcalı" (in Turkish). Biyografya. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
  2. Alexandros Lamprou (2020). "Local Politics and State-Society Relations: State Officials, Local Elites, and Political Networks in Provincial Urban Centres in the 1930s and 1940s in Turkey". Turkish Historical Review. 10 (2–3): 258, 260. doi:10.1163/18775462-01002010. S2CID 216457510.
  3. Berat Alacı (2020). "Demokrat Parti Balıkesir Mebusu İbrahim Sıtkı Yırcalı'nın 27 Mayıs Sonrası Yargılanması: Anayasayı İhlal Davası". Yüzüncü Yıl Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi (in Turkish). 49: 77–102.
  4. İdris Yücel (Spring 2016). "Turkish Experiments in Democracy: The Democratic Party and Religion in Politics Through the Eyes of French Diplomats". Journal for the Study of Religions and Ideologies. 15 (43). ProQuest 1779192485.
  5. Kemal H. Karpat (2003). Studies on Turkish Politics and Society: Selected Articles and Essays. Leiden: Brill. p. 114. ISBN 978-90-474-0271-8.
  6. Yitzhak Oron, ed. (1960). Middle East Record. Vol. 1. London: George Weidenfeld & Nicolson Limited. p. 432.
  7. İdris Yücel (Summer 2019). "Turkey's May 27, 1960 Coup through The French Diplomatic Reports". Bilig. 90: 46. ProQuest 2273101878.
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