Mehmet Şemsettin Günaltay's life and activities of education, science and politic

M. Şemsettin Günaltay, man of science, intellectual and policy was born in 1883, in Kemaliye (Egin)'a town of Erzincan. He finished his schools very successfully. Although he had been graduated from High Teacher's School's science department, he joined the group who were trying to save the country from its bad condition and started to search the scientific, intellectual and social foundations of the solutions that he had put forward. He has known as an islamic person because of his first works and the writings in the religious journals, but he was seperated clearly from the vey shariats and the fanatical religious people as he behaved with the criticism spirit that he had gained from the touch of the west culture, and also had taken a distinguished place by this way. While he was teaching at the faculties of Istanbul University in 1915, he was chosen as a parliamenter of the Union and Progress Party (ittihat ve Terakki Partisi) Ertuğrui (Bilecik) and had a seat in the parliament. He was like an arranger because of the speeches he made about the decisions that were going to be taken at the parliament. Besides the missions he had taken at the parliament, he also was at the commission which questioned the notables of the Union and Progress Party. The questions that he had asked were about why the government's mechanism wasn't going on as it had to be, he himself asked questions about preventing the very bad results of the war before facing them. Günaltay was one of the founders of the Progress Party (Teceddüd Fırkası)- For a while he was a member of the Organization for the Legal Defence of Rumelia (Rumeli Müdafaa-ı Hukuk Cemiyeti,) istanbul organization and after a while he was in National Forces(Kuvay-ı Milliye). He also worked as Istanbul's deputy mayor. His parliamenter period at New Turkey started with begin a parliamenter of Rebuplican Party of Common Peope (Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi)1923, from Sivas. During these periods he became the deputy head parliamenter, and the head of the party group. He was chosen a parliamenter from Sivas seven times and one term he was chosen from Erzincan. His scientific personality, moderate build and great experience were effective when he was suggested as a prime-minister of CHP's power between January 15th 1949-May 22nd 1950. As soon as he started working, his commitment was to make an election law of representing the whole national volition. Having a self sacrificing and matured understanding he showed patient behaviour against all the critics. With his efforts he was the first responsible man of making the law of election, which 16th February, 1950 dated 5545 numbered secret vote-open classification court supervised. He himself was responsible of its performances. Günaltay said that he was the prime-minister of a state that had started the lessons of religion at primary schools, founded the School of the Theology. Giinaltay's main importance on Religion education an Religion Affairs Organization was; not to allow the advance of religion legends and the mind of destroying the coutry. He had been the chairman of the Turkish History Association ( Türk Tarih Kurumu ) which was founded by the directive of Atatürk. With his organizations and also wit his bibliography like a library he thinks that he had paid back to the Turkish people and had taken place among the foundations of Turkish History Thesis. He brought up teachers who were great at their fields. With his works, his efforts were to bring out the national spirit and characters inside the Turkish people with the endless national energy source the future would be again the Turks. M. Şemsettin Günaltay is a nationalist who has the strongest belief that the Turks could success every thing, they could overcome every valley. He had been chosen a member of the Representative Council of the repuplican Party. (Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi Temsilciler Meclisi ) during the 1961 elections. He died on October 20th, 1961 in istanbul. In Turkish History he has been known as one of the greatest personality.