Fehmi Yavuz | |
Term Start1: | 30 May 1960 |
Term End1: | 27 August 1960 |
Predecessor1: | Atıf Benderlioğlu |
Term Start2: | 27 August 1960 |
Term End2: | 6 February 1961 |
Predecessor2: | Orhan Kubat |
Successor2: | Rüştü Özal |
Birth Date: | 1912 |
Birth Place: | Isparta, Ottoman Empire |
Occupation: | Academic, politician,writer |
Alma Mater: | Ankara University, Faculty of Political Sciences |
Fehmi Yavuz (1912 – 11 July 1991) was a Turkish civil servant, academic, writer and government minister.
He was born in Isparta in 1912. After his primary and secondary education in Isparta he completed Pertevniyal High School in Istanbul. He graduated from the Faculty of Political Sciences of Ankara University 1937. In 1942, he returned to his faculty as the assistant of Professor Ernest Reuter. In 1951 he earned the title professor in the same faculty. Between 1953 and 1955 he studied urban development in United Kingdom. In 1958 he was elected as the dean of the faculty.[1]
In 1960 after the 1960 Turkish coup, he was appointed as the Minister of National Educationin the 24th government of Turkey between 30 May 1960 and 27 August 1960. [2] Following a reshuffle in the government he was appointed as the Minister of Construction and Settlement. After the formation of the Constituent Assembly of Turkey in which he was a member, he continued in the same seat in the 25th government between 5 January 1961 and 6 February 1961.[3]
After the constituent assembly term he returned to academic life and taught in the Middle East Technical University and Zonguldak Karaelmas University. He died on 11 July 1991.[1]
He was also a writer. The following are his books [1]
Among these, "A Survey on the Financial Administration of Turkish Municipalities" and "Problems of Turkish Local Administration" were also published in English.