Hasan Polatkan (1915 Р16 September 1961) was a Turkish politician and Minister of Labor and Finance, who was executed by hanging after the 1960 Turkish coup d'̩tat along with two other cabinet members.
He was born 1915 in Eskià Âehir, Ottoman Empire (now Turkey) to a family of Crimean Tatar descent. He studied political science at Istanbul University. After his graduation in 1936, Polatkan worked at the publicly owned Ziraat Bank as inspector.
Polatkan entered politics and was elected in the 1946 general election deputy of Eskià Âehir into the Turkish Grand National Assembly for the Democratic Party. He secured his seat in the parliament after the 1950, 1954 and 1957 general elections. He served in the cabinet of Prime Minister Adnan Menderes as Minister of Labor () and later twice as Minister of Finance ( and ) until the 1960 Turkish coup d'état which ousted the 19th government.
Polatkan, Sñtkñ Yñrcalñ and Fatin Rüà Âtü Zorlu were investigated by a parliamentary commission in January 1956 due to the allegations of their involvelment in importing East German trucks and tires of no value and a general neglect of their duty.
He was arrested with Menderes in Kütahya, charged with corruption and violating the constitution along with some other party members, and arraigned at the Yassñada trials. Polatkan was sentenced to death and hanged on the island of ðmralñ on 16 September 1961, as were Adnan Menderes and Fatin Rüà Âtü Zorlu. Many years after his death, his grave was moved to a mausoleum in Istanbul on 17 September 1990 along with Menderes' and Zorlu's remains.
He was survived by his wife Mutahhare Polatkan and daughter Nilgün Polatkan.
A boulevard in Eskià Âehir is named after him. His name is given to a high school in Bakñrköy, Istanbul, as well as to a secondary school, and a cultural center in Odunpazarñ, Eskià Âehir. The airport in the city of Eskià Âehir is also named after him.