Aydın Güven Gürkan
| Aydın Güven Gürkan | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Labor and Social Security | |
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In office March 27, 1995 – June 3, 1995 |
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| Prime Minister | Tansu Çiller |
| Preceded by | Nihad Matkap |
| Succeeded by | Ziya Halis |
| Personal details | |
| Born | May 10, 1941 Elazığ, Turkey |
| Died | January 22, 2006 (aged 64) İstanbul |
| Nationality | Turkish |
| Political party |
People's Party (HP) Social Democratic Populist Party (SHP) Republican People's Party (CHP) |
| Spouse(s) | Serap Aksoy |
| Children | Burcu Gürkan (daughter) |
| Education | Political science |
| Alma mater |
Faculty of Political Science, Ankara University University of Köln |
| Occupation | Politician, academician |
Aydın Güven Gürkan (May 10, 1941 Elazığ-January 22, 2006 Istanbul) was a Turkish academician and politician.
He was born in Elazığ on 10 May 1941. In 1963, he graduated from the Faculty of Political Sciences in Ankara University. In 1970, he completed his doctorate studies in the University of Köln, Germany with highest honors summa cum laude. Returned to Turkey, in addition to teaching, he served as the dean of Faculty of Journalism in Gazi University. In 1981, he resigned from his post protesting the Council of Higher Education.
All Turkish parties were closed in 1981 by the military rule so called by the National Security Council (MGK). In 1983, the MGK decided to allow the formation of new parties with severe restrictions. Aydın Güven Gürkan joined People's Party (Turkish: Halkçı Parti, HP) a new party on the track of Republican People’s Party (Turkish: Cumhuriyet Halk Patisi (CHP), which is usually credited as the founder of Turkish Republic in 1923. In the first elections following the military rule, Aydın Güven Gürkan was elected as the deputy from Antalya Province.
On 1 July 1985, he was elected as the chairman of the party. His party was the main opposition party in the parliament. But by 1985, two other parties on the track of CHP were more popular than HP. He decided to fuse HP with the other parties with similar ideology. Although Rahşan Ecevit, the leader of DSP was reluctant, Gürkan and Erdal İnönü, the chairman of SODEP agreed on a merge plan. On 3 November 1985, two parties fused to form Social Democrat Populist Party (Turkish: Sosyal Demokrat Halkçı Parti, SHP) electing Gürkan the chairman of the new party. But in 1986, he was replaced by Erdal İnönü.
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