Reşit Galip

Reşit Galip

Reşit Galip in the 1920s
Ministry of National Education
In office
19 September 1932  13 July 1933
Prime Minister İsmet İnönü
Preceded by Esat Sagay
Succeeded by Hikmet Bayur
Personal details
Born 1893
Sanjak of Rhodes, Ottoman Empire
Died 5 March 1934
Ankara, Turkey
Nationality Turkish
Political party Republican People's Party
Education Medicine
Alma mater Faculty of Medicine, İstanbul University
Occupation Politician, civil servant

Reşit Galip (Rhodes, 1893 – Ankara, 5 March 1934) was a Turkish politician in the early years of the Turkish Republic. By profession, he was a medical doctor.

Early years

He was born in the Sanjak of Rhodes (now an island of Greece, then a part of the Ottoman Empire) in 1883. His father was Mehmet Galip, a judge and his mother was Münevver. He completed his elementary education in Rhodes. According to his granddaughter Feyhan Oran, when Rhodes was occupied by Italy he escaped to İzmir where he finished his highschool education.[1] Then, he travelled to İstanbul to study medicine. During the Balkan War and the First World War he voluntarily served in the fronts. In 1917 he graduated from the medicine school of İstanbul University. Although he briefly served as an assistant in the faculty, he later on moved to Tavşanlı ( a town in West Anatolia) to participate in the Turkish War of Independence. Towards the end of the war, he was appointed as the official doctor in Mersin. In 1925 he was elected as a MP from Aydın Province.[2]

In politics

He was always interested in politics. In İzmir and İstanbul he published bulletins and in Mersin he wrote in a local newspaper as the chief editor. After he became the MP he was elected as the member of Independence Tribunals. In 1930s he served as the charter member of two associations which were supported by Kemal Atatürk, the founder of Turkish Republic; Turkish Language Association and Turkish Historical Society. He later on became the president of Turkish Language Association. Between 19 September 1932 and 13 July 1933 he served as the Minister of National Education. (see 7th government of Turkey)

During his brief service period he initiated university reforms and planned Museum of Anatolian Civilizations, an important museum in Ankara.[2] He is also known as the creator of daily student oath.[3][4]

Death

While serving in the wars he had contracted tuberculosis. On 5 March 1934, he died in Ankara. He was laid to rest in Cebeci Asri Cemetery. He was survived by his wife and three children.

Legacy

Two streets one in Ankara and one in Nazilli (Aydın Province) are named after Reşit Galip. Two primary schools one in Zeytinburnu, İstanbul [5] and one in Çankaya, Ankara [6] are also named after him.

References

  1. An interview (Turkish)
  2. 1 2 Biography page (Turkish)
  3. Milliyet newspaper (Turkish)
  4. Afet İnan: Atatürk Hakkında Hatıralar ve Belgeler, Türkiye İş Bankası yayınları, İstanbul, 2012, ISBN 978-9944-88-140-1 P.278
  5. Zeytinburnu school page (Turkish)
  6. Çankaya school page (Turkish)
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