Ali İhsan Göğüş (1923 – 22 July 2011) was a Turkish journalist, politician and former government minister.

Life

Ali İhsan Göğüş was born in

Gaziantep Gaziantep, historically Aintab and still informally called Antep, is a major city in south-central Turkey. It is the capital of the Gaziantep Province, in the westernmost part of Turkey's Southeastern Anatolia Region and partially in the Medi ...

in 1923. He completed the

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, and graduated from the School of Letters of

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. In 1951, he married Nezahat Alemdar Göğüş. He is the father of Zeynep Göğüş, a journalist. Göğüş died in Istanbul on 22 July 2011.Biography page
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Journalism career

He served as the editor-in-chief of ''Türk Haberler Ajansı'' ("Turkish News Agency"), and the newspapers '' Dünya'', ''

Akşam ''Akşam'' (''Evening'') is a Turkish newspaper founded in 1918, owned by Zeki Yeşildağ's Türk Medya Grup (T Medya Yatırım San. ve Tic. AŞ.) since 2013. In 2013 it had a circulation of around 100,000. History ''Akşams founders in 1918 inc ...

'' and ''

Cumhuriyet ''Cumhuriyet'' (; English: "Republic") is the oldest up-market Turkish daily newspaper. It has been described as "the most important independent public interest newspaper in contemporary Turkey". The newspaper was awarded the ''Freedom of Press ...

''. He also served as the editor of the periodical ''Kim''. Between 1984 and 1990, he was the vice speaker of

Radio and Television Supreme Council Radio and Television Supreme Council (), also known in short as RTÜK, is the Turkish state agency for monitoring, regulating, and sanctioning radio and television broadcasts. RTÜK was founded in 1994 and is composed of nine members elected by ...

Politics

In 1945, he joined the

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(CHP). In 1961, he was nominated for the

Constituent Assembly of Turkey The Constituent Assembly of Turkey (), also called the Chamber of Deputies, existed from 6 January 1961 to 24 October 1961. It was established by the military rule of 1960 Turkish coup d'état. About half of the members were appointed by the milita ...

by the CHP. In the next three terms during the

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and the

14th Parliament of Turkey The 14th Grand National Assembly of Turkey existed from 11 October 1969 to 14 October 1973. There were 450 MPs in the lower house. Justice Party (Turkey), Justice Party (AP) held the majority and the Republican People's Party (CHP) was the main oppo ...

between 15 October 1961 and 5 June 1977, he was a deputy of the CHP from

Gaziantep Province Gaziantep Province () is a Provinces of Turkey, province and Metropolitan municipalities in Turkey, metropolitan municipality in south-central Turkey. It is located in the westernmost part of Turkey's Southeastern Anatolia Region and partially in ...

. In the 28th government of Turkey, he was appointed

Minister of Tourism The Minister of Tourism is the head of the governmental department that specializes in tourism, recreation and/or culture. The position exists in many countries under several names: *Ministry of Tourism and Environment (Albania) *Ministry of Touri ...

serving between 25 December 1963 and 20 February 1965. During the split in the CHP, he left the party and joined the

Republican Reliance Party Republican Reliance Party () was a former party in Turkey. Background The Republican People's Party (CHP) which is usually credited as the founder of the Turkish Republic in 1923 was the oldest party in Turkey. The ideology of the party was Kem ...

(CGP). In the 34th government of Turkey between 11 December 1971 and 22 May 1972, he was the

Minister of State Minister of state is a designation for a government minister, with varying meanings in different jurisdictions. In a number of European countries, the title is given as an honorific conferring a higher rank, often bestowed upon senior minister ...

.Parliament page for the 34th government
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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gogus, Ali Ihsan 1923 births Politicians from Gaziantep Kabataş Erkek Lisesi alumni Istanbul University alumni Turkish journalists Akşam people Cumhuriyet people Republican People's Party (Turkey) politicians Republican Reliance Party politicians Deputies of Gaziantep Members of the 12th Parliament of Turkey Members of the 13th Parliament of Turkey Members of the 14th Parliament of Turkey Members of the 28th government of Turkey Members of the 34th government of Turkey Ministers of tourism of Turkey Ministers of state of Turkey 2011 deaths