Si̇nan Tekeli̇oğlu in Turkish political life (1939-1960)

At the beginning of the National Struggle, in the occupied areas, upon the order of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the National Forces organization was established and the commanders who had previously served in the army were appointed as the head of the detachments. Mustafa Kemal Atatürk appointed important commanders whom he had worked with before. One of the occupied regions was the Adana region and one of the important commanders assigned here was Ali Ratıp, who was named as Tekelioğlu Sinan. One of the commanders appointed was Ali Ratip called "Tekelioğlu Sinan Bey", who was from Edirne. He was appointed as the Commander of the Western Cilicia Forces of the Adana Region. Although Tekelioğlu Sinan was not from Adana, he both played an important role in rescuing the occupation of Adana and its environs and served as a deputy of Adana from CHP between 1939-50 and DP from 1950-57 in his political life. During his term as a member of parliament, Tekelioğlu Sinan Bey raised both the electoral district of Adana and the country's important issues. He always sought solutions to the problems of the country with the Question Proposals and Law Proposals he submitted in the Turkish Grand National Assembly. From this point of view, in our study, the political activities of Tekelioğlu Sinan, who achieved significant successes during the National Forces period between 1939-1960 will be examined.