Talât Sait Halman

Talât Sait Halman
Minister of Culture of Turkey
In office
13 July 1971 – 13 December 1971
Succeeded byNermin Çiftçi
Personal details
Born(1931-07-07)7 July 1931
Died5 December 2014(2014-12-05) (aged 83)
Alma materRobert College (BA)
Columbia University (MA)
InstitutionsColumbia University
Princeton University
University of Pennsylvania
Bilkent University
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Talât Sait Halman, GBE (7 July 1931 – 5 December 2014) was a Turkish poet, translator and cultural historian. He was the first Minister of Culture of Turkey. From 1998 onward, he taught at Bilkent University as the dean of the Faculty of Humanities and Letters.