Millî Eğitim Bakanı Hasan-Âli Yücel’in Hayatı, Eserleri ve Eğitim İle İlgili Görüşlerinin İncelenmesi

Hasan-Ali Yücel was born on December 17, 1897 in Istanbul. His father is Postal and Telegraph Inspector Ali Rıza Bey and his mother is Neyire Hanım. in 1901, when he was four years old, he went to the Yolgechen School in Laleli, and in 1906, when he was nine years old, he went to Mekteb-i Osmani. After graduating from Mekteb-i Osmani in 1911, he went to Vefa Idadisi. March December 1, 1935 Hasan-Ali Yucel entered the Parliament as a deputy Izmir, on December 28, 1938 he was appointed Deputy of Education (Ministry of National Education). He started this task when he was 41 years old and held it until August 12, 1946. Within this process, Yücel had the opportunity to carry out the educational activities he had been working on for many years, and carried out humanist reforms in accordance with Kemalist principles with the support of Ismet Inönü during his ministry. He resigned from the ministry on August 5, 1946 and continued his duty as a deputy. during the period of his ministry, which lasted 7 years and 7 months, he carried out important activities in primary education, public education, village education, art education, technical education, fine arts, broadcasting, higher education mobilization and many other fields. At all levels of education; there have been important initiatives in primary, secondary and higher education. Village Institutes were established, the number of village schools was increased, textbooks and curricula were organized, importance was given to teacher training, universities, many faculties and colleges were opened, importance was given to increasing vocational and technical education. The Village Institutes, which were put into operation during the Ministry period and left a mark on the history of Turkish education, were established with the efforts, leadership and support of the Minister of National Education Hasan-Ali Yücel and the General Director of Primary Education Ismail Hakkı Tonguç. Yücel took part in the educational, artistic, cultural, political and social infrastructure of the institutes and in the discussions in the Parliament, Tonguç took part in the practices and the creation of the theory of the Institute. Key Words: Hasan-Ali Yucel, Education, National Education