Samet Ağaoğlu

• Name — Samet Ağaoğlu • Office — Minister of Trade • Term Start — 6 December 1954 • Term End — 8 February 1958 • Predecessor — Fethi Çelikbaş • Successor — İbrahim Sıtkı Yırcalı • Office2 — Minister of Labor • Term Start2 — 11 November 1952 • Term End2 — 8 April 1953 • Predecessor2 — Nuri Özsarı • Successor2 — Hayrettin Erkmen • Office3 — Deputy Prime Minister • Term Start3 — 5 June 1950 • Term End3 — 10 November 1952 • Predecessor3 — Nihat Erim • Successor3 — Fatin Rüştü Zorlu • Born — 1909 • Birthplace — Baku, Russian Empire • Died — 6 August 1982 • Place of death — Istanbul, Turkey • Term Start4 — 22 May 1950 • Term End4 — 27 May 1960 • Constituency4 — Manisa (1950, 1954, 1957) • Parents — Ahmet Ağaoğlu (father) • Relations — Süreyya Ağaoğlu (sister), Tezer Taşkıran (sister) Neriman Ağaoğlu (spouse) • Party — Democrat Party • Education — Ankara University

He was born in 1909 in Baku. His father was Ahmet Ağaoğlu, his mother was Sitare Hanım. The family was originally from Shusha. After the fall of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic in 1920, the Ağaoğlu family moved to Turkey. Samet graduated from Ankara University, Law School in 1931. He later went to Strasbourg for his PhD, but returned because his father's financial situation was not well.

He joined the Democratic Party when he began practicing law. He won the 1950, 1954 and 1957 elections and was elected to parliament from Manisa. He was a member of the IX, X, and XI Parliament of Turkey. Furthermore, he served as Deputy Prime Minister from 1950 to 1952, Minister of Labor from 1952 to 1953, and Minister of Commerce from 1954 to 1958. He was arrested during a military coup on May 27, 1960 and sentenced to life imprisonment. He was pardoned in 1964 while imprisoned in Yassiada. After that, he was not directly involved in politics.

Samet Ağaoğlu, who started writing in high school, published a magazine called "Hep Gençlik" with friends such as Behçet Kemal Çağlar and Ahmet Muhip Dıranas between 1929-1931. He appeared with his first stories about his life in Strasbourg. Because of his political work, he published his books at long intervals, but he did not break with the literature until the end of his life. Samet Ağaoğlu, who also wrote many articles with political content, published his stories and essays in important magazines of the period such as Varlık, Yücel, and Çığır. He also used the signature of Samet Agayef in his writings. He came to his homeland Azerbaijan in 1967 and dedicated a chapter of the book "Soviet Russian Empire" to Azerbaijan. He died on 6 August 1982 in Istanbul.

Stories: • 1944 Strassburg Hatıraları • 1950 Zürriyet • 1953 Öğretmen Gafur • 1957 Büyük Aile • 1964 Hücredeki Adam • 1965 Katırın Ölümü Memories: • 1940 Babamdan Hatıralar • 1958 Babamın Arkadaşları • 1965 Aşina Yüzler • 1967 Arkadaşım Menderes • 1972 Marmara'da Bir Ada • 1973 Demokrat Parti'nin Doğuş ve Yıkılış Sebepleri-Bir Soru • 1978 İlk Köşe • 1992 Siyasi Günlük:Demokrat Partinin Kuruluşu Review: • 1944 Kuvayı Milliye Ruhu • 1947 İki Parti Arasındaki Siyasi Farklar Travel: • 1967 Sovyet Rusya İmparatorluğu

His father Ahmet Agaoğlu was a prominent Azerbaijani and naturalized Turkish politician, publicist and journalist. He was one of the founders of Pan-Turkism. His sister Süreyya Ağaoğlu was a writer, jurist, and the first female lawyer in Turkish history. His sister Tezer Taşkıran was a writer, politician and teacher. She was one of Turkey's first women member of parliament. His wife Neriman Ağaoğlu was a politician too.