# Suphi Baykam > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Suphi_Baykam > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Suphi_Baykam.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suphi_Baykam > Source revision: 1345089372 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) **Suphi Baykam** (1926–1996) was a Turkish physician and politician from the [Republican People's Party](/source/Republican_People's_Party) (CHP). He served at the [Parliament](/source/Grand_National_Assembly_of_Turkey) for three terms. ## Early life and education He was born in Adana in 1926.[1] His father worked as a teacher and then as a tax official.[1] He graduated from of the School of Medicine, [Istanbul University](/source/Istanbul_University) in 1950.[2] He was also educated at Institute of Public Administration for Turkey and the Middle East in 1955 and at the Radiology Institute in 1956.[2] Baykam served as the president of the [Turkish National Student Union](/source/Turkish_National_Student_Union) between 1948 and 1950 while attending the School of Medicine.[2][3] During his term the Union adopted a [Kemalist](/source/Kemalism) approach unlike its previous ideology of nationalism.[1] ## Career and activities Baykam worked at the student dormitories until 1951 when he was dismissed by the [Ministry of Education](/source/Ministry_of_National_Education_(Turkey)) due to his criticisms against the ruling [Democrat Party](/source/Democrat_Party_(Turkey,_1946%E2%80%931960)) (DP).[1] Then he left political activity and worked as a physician in [Karaman](/source/Karaman).[1] Following his return to Ankara in 1953 he began to work as a medical assistant at the School of Medicine of [Ankara University](/source/Ankara_University).[4] The same year he also joined the CHP.[1] He became the first head of the youth branch of the CHP on 17 February 1954.[4][5] He was dismissed from his assistantship when he was involved in the CHP's propaganda activities before the [general election](/source/1954_Turkish_general_election) in 1954.[4] The DP government also cancelled the three-year scholarship awarded by the [World Health Organization](/source/World_Health_Organization) to Baykam.[4] Baykam was elected as the head of the Ankara Medical Chamber in 1957.[2] The same year he was elected as a deputy from his hometown for the CHP and served at the Parliament during the 11th term.[5] He became a member of the CHP's council in the 14th congress on 12 January 1959.[6] Following the [military coup](/source/1960_Turkish_coup_d'%C3%A9tat) on 27 May 1960 a [Constituent Assembly](/source/Constituent_Assembly_of_Turkey) was formed. Baykam was a representative of the CHP at the Assembly.[5] Baykam was elected as a deputy from İstanbul in the elections of 1961 and 1965.[5] During this period he was the vice general secretary of the CHP and a member of the left of center group.[7] He was again elected as a member of the CHP's council in the congress held in October 1964.[6] While serving at the Parliament he developed the first law to improve [Turkish cinema](/source/Cinema_of_Turkey) which is known as the Baykam Law Proposal.[8] After the end of his term at the Parliament he retired from politics.[9] ### Views For Baykam Kemalism was the opposite of wild capitalism, [racism](/source/Racism), communism, and reaction.[1] He was instrumental in the development of the concepts such as [Left of Center](/source/Left_of_Center_(Turkey)) (Turkish: *Ortanın Solu*) and land reform (Turkish: *Toprak Reformu*) which were very crucial in the reorganization of the CHP.[9] ## Personal life and death Baykam married Mutahhar Baykam in 1952.[2] She was an architect.[10] They had two children, a daughter and a son, [Bedri Baykam](/source/Bedri_Baykam).[10] Baykam died on 21 June 1996.[5] ### Legacy Alptekin Gündüz published a book in memory of Suphi Baykam in 2004.[9] ## References 1. Reuben Silverman (2019). "Republican People's Party People: Partisan Polarization in the Republic of Turkey, 1950–1953". *[The Middle East Journal](/source/The_Middle_East_Journal)*. **73** (1): 81,88. [JSTOR 26933034](https://www.jstor.org/stable/26933034) 1. ["Suphi Baykam"](https://www.biyografya.com/biyografi/14103) (in Turkish). *biyografya.com*. Retrieved 10 March 2024. 1. Joseph S. Szyliowicz (1970). "Students and Politics in Turkey". *[Middle Eastern Studies](/source/Middle_Eastern_Studies_(journal))*. **6** (2): 156. [JSTOR 4282321](https://www.jstor.org/stable/4282321) 1. Asil Kaya (2010). [*Türk siyasi tarihinde CHP'nin gençlik kolları*](http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12397/10853) (MA). pp. 73,82. 1. ["Suphi Baykam biyografisi"](https://www.biyografi.net/kisiayrinti.asp?kisiid=1462#google_vignette) (in Turkish). *biyografi.net*. Retrieved 10 March 2024. 1. Gökhan Göktürk (2012). [*1946-1980 Yılları Arasında Siyaset Sosyolojisi Açısından Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi*](https://avesis.istanbul.edu.tr/yonetilen-tez/d900d263-cc15-4eb4-993a-03cf8245bb3e/1946-1980-yillari-arasinda-siyaset-sosyolojisi-acisindan-cumhuriyet-halk-partisi) (PhD) (in Turkish). pp. 297,369. 1. Yunus Emre (2007). [*The genesis of the left of center in Turkey: 1965-1967*](https://acikbilim.yok.gov.tr/handle/20.500.12812/326917) (MA). pp. 93,126. 1. Serkan Şavk (2023). "The Growth of the Turkish Film Industry and the Death of Suphi Kaner: Articulating a Star's Suicide to the History of Labour in Cinema". *[Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television](/source/Historical_Journal_of_Film,_Radio_and_Television)*. **44**: 5. [doi:10.1080/01439685.2023.2256126](https://doi.org/10.1080/01439685.2023.2256126) 1. ["En Sevdiği Güneşti; Dr. Suphi Baykam'ın Fırtınalı Yaşamı"](https://www.imge.com.tr/kitap/en-sevdigi-gunesti-dr-suphi-baykam-in-firtinali-yasami-alptekin-gunduz-9799758554125) (in Turkish). *imge.com.tr*. Retrieved 10 March 2024. 1. ["Bedri Baykam biyografisi"](https://www.biyografi.net/kisiayrinti.asp?kisiid=4729). *biyografi.net*. Retrieved 10 March 2024. --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Suphi Baykam](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suphi_Baykam) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suphi_Baykam?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.