Osman Bölükbaşı
| Osman Bölükbaşı | |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | 1913 Hasanlar village, Mucur Kaza, Kırşehir Sanjak, Ankara Vilayet, Ottoman Empire |
| Died | February 6, 2002 Ankara, Turkey |
| Nationality | Turkish |
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| Spouse(s) | Mediha (Büyükyağcıoğlu) Bölükbaşı |
| Children | Ahmet Deniz Bölükbaşı (son) |
| Education | Mathematics |
| Alma mater | University of Nancy, France |
| Occupation | Politician |
Osman Bölükbaşı (1913 – February 6, 2002) was a Turkish politician and political party leader.
He was born at Hasanlar village of the former Mucur district in 1913.
He completed his secondary education at the Istanbul High School. He studied Mathematics at the University of Nancy in France graduating in 1937.
Returned home in 1938, Bölükbaşı began working as assistant to Fatin Gökmen at the Kandilli Observatory in Istanbul. In 1940, he took a teacher post in the Haydarpaşa High School, where he served until 1946.
Introduced to Mehmet Fuat Köprülü and Celal Bayar, the co-founders of the Democrat Party (DP) by Fatin Gökmen, Osman Bölükbaşı entered politics in 1946 becoming a party member. He was appointed Inspector General of the DP. However, he left the party in 1947 along with some other members due to a controversy over the intension of making harsh politics against the Republican People's Party (CHP).
On July 20, 1948, he co-founded with Fevzi Çakmak and some others the Nation Party (MP). Bölükbaşı was arrested in 1949 on allegation for conspiracy against Celal Bayar, leader of the DP, and İsmet İnönü, leader of the CHP. After a brieft while, he was released.
Bölükbaşı entered the parliament representing his hometown Kırşehir as the only deputy of his party following the 1950 general elections. His party was banned in 1953 on the grounds of anti-secularism politics. Osman Bölükbaşı subsequently formed the Republican Nation Party (CMP) with the founders of the closed party. The new established party won five seats in the parliament at the 1954 general elections. All the five deputies were from Kırşehir, the hometown of Bölükbaşı.
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