YASSIADA COURT ASSERTION OF FARUK NAFİZ ÇAMLIBEL
FARUK NAFİZ ÇAMLIBEL’İN YASSIADA MAHKEMESİ SAVUNMASI

Author : İhsan SAFİ
Number of pages : 25-30

Abstract

Poet and author Faruk Nafiz Çamlıbel served as a deputy for Democratic Party between the years of 1946-1960 for fourteen years. His deputyship life, which could be considered as long, did not pass so good. He never spoke in council, he did not participate any activities in council. In 1960 coup, he had been arrested like other deputies and sent to Yassıada. Çamlıbel had been kept in prison for fifteen mounths in Yassıada. Faruk Nafiz Çamlıbel, who had been taken into custody in 13th June 1960, defended himself in Yassıada Court in 23rd August 1960. In this assertion, which original is in Republic Records, Çamlıbel gave statement against Democratic Party. He had recognised the claims asserted to Democratic Party and said that he was against them, struggled in order to restrain them. In this article, we tried to put forward the reasons why he had acted in that way.

Keywords

Faruk Nafiz Çamlıbel, Democratic Party, Yassıada Court, deputy men of letters.

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