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At the First Geographical Congress in June 1941 initiated by that times Minister of Education Hasan-Ali Yücel, the foundation of an organization named “Turkish Geographical Society” has been decided. At the 30th January 1942 it has been applied for it at the Ankara Governer’s Office and in between a short time like 1,5 months later the Turkish Geographical Society was officially founded in Ankara at the 12 March 1942. Because of the founder president of the Turkish Geographical Society and that times Minister of Education, Hasan Ali Yücel and the hard work by their team, the organization got the status of a social charity organization at the Council of Minister’s meeting of 24 July 1947; 1949 it became a member of the “International Geographical Union”. As a member out of 94 members of the International Geographical Union the Turkish Geographical Society organized 26 congresses and 29 geographical profession weeks. In this paper, it is shortly summaried the Turkish Geographical Society’s activities in the 70 years. Keywords: Hasan Âli Yücel, Turkish Geographical Society, First Geographical Congress, geography.

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