Kasım Gülek
Kasım Gülek | |
|---|---|
| Turkish Minister of Transport | |
| In office 10 June 1948 – 16 January 1949 | |
| Preceded by | Şükrü Koçak |
| Succeeded by | Kemal Satır |
| Minister of Public Works of Turkey | |
| In office 10 September 1947 – 10 June 1948 | |
| Preceded by | Cevdet Kerim İncedayı |
| Succeeded by | Nihat Erim |
| Secretary General of the Republican People's Party | |
| In office 29 June 1950 – 28 September 1959 | |
| Preceded by | Tevfik Fikret Sılay |
| Succeeded by | İsmail Rüştü Aksal |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1905 Adana, Ottoman Empire |
| Died | January 19, 1996 (aged 91) Washington D. C., United States |
| Children | Mustafa Gulek(Son), Tayyibe Gülek (Daughter) |
Kasım Gülek (1905 – 1996) was a prominent Turkish statesman credited with being instrumental in entrenching democracy in Turkey by taking politics to the masses.