Hasan Âli Yücel  Hasan Âli Yücel (17 December 1897 in Istanbul – 26 February 1961) was a Turkish writer, teacher and politician who served as Minister of National Education of Turkey from December 1938 to August 1946. He is remembered for his reforms of the education system, and the foundation of Village Institutes. He was the father of Turkish poet Can Yücel. In 1997, UNESCO was associated with the celebration of the centenary of his birth.