Talât Sait Halman
Talât Sait Halman | |
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| Minister of Culture of Turkey | |
| In office 13 July 1971 – 13 December 1971 | |
| Succeeded by | Nermin Çiftçi |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 7 July 1931 Istanbul, Turkey |
| Died | 5 December 2014 (aged 83) Ankara, Turkey |
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.