Hasan Polatkan

Hasan Polatkan
Minister of Finance of Turkey
In office
3 December 1956 – 27 May 1960
Prime MinisterAdnan Menderes
Preceded byNedim Ökmen
Succeeded byEkrem Alican
Minister of Finance of Turkey
In office
14 December 1950 – 9 December 1955
Prime MinisterAdnan Menderes
Preceded byHalil Ayan
Succeeded byNedim Ökmen
Minister of Labor of Turkey
In office
22 May 1950 – 22 December 1950
Prime MinisterAdnan Menderes
Preceded byMustafa Münir Birsel
Succeeded byAhmet Hulusi Köymen
Personal details
Born1915
Eskişehir, Ottoman Empire
DiedSeptember 16, 1961(1961-09-16) (aged 46)
İmralı Prison, İmralı, Turkey
Cause of deathExecution by hanging
NationalityTurkish
Political partyDemocrat Party
SpouseMutahhare
Children1 daughter - Nilgün
Alma materIstanbul University
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Hasan Polatkan (1915 – 16 September 1961) was a Turkish politician and Minister of Labor and Finance, who was executed by hanging after the coup d'état in 1960 along with two other cabinet members.