Osman Bölükbaşı in Turkish political life

03. Summary Osman Bölükbaşı was born in Kırşehir in 1913. He studied mathematics and astronomy at Nancy University in France. With the beginning of multi-party period, he joined Demokrat Parti in 1946. One year later, he left Demokrat Parti and took role in the establishment of Millet Partisi. Bölükbaşı, who was elected a member of the parliament in Kırşehir in 1950, was among those who participated in the establishment of Cumhuriyetçi Millet Partisi after the Millet Partisi was closed down. Because of his policies against Demokrat Parti the status of city of Kırşehir reduced to township in 1954. In 1958, after Cumhuriyetçi Millet Partisi and Köylü Partisi joined together, he was elected as the chairman. During his political life which started in 1946, Bölükbaşı was elected as Kırşehir MP in the elections held in 1950, 1954, 1957 and was elected as Ankara MP in the elections held in 1961, 1965, and 1969. He is well-known for his hard talks and his distinctive political style, in Turkish political life. In 1961, Bölükbaşı and a group of MPs, who did not wish to join in the coalition under İnönü' s presidency, resigned from Cumhuriyetçi Köylü Partisi and established Millet Partisi for a second time. Having stopped working as the chairman in 1970 and having resigned from his job as an MP and from his party in 1973, Bölükbaşı passed away in February 2002 in Ankara. rx