Suphi Baykam (1926–1996) was a Turkish physician and politician from the Republican People's Party (CHP).
[2] Baykam served as the president of the Turkish National Student Union between 1948 and 1950 while attending the School of Medicine.
[2][3] During his term the Union adopted a Kemalist approach unlike its previous ideology of nationalism.
[1] Baykam worked at the student dormitories until 1951 when he was dismissed by the Ministry of Education due to his criticisms against the ruling Democrat Party (DP).
[4] The DP government also cancelled the three-year scholarship awarded by the World Health Organization to Baykam.
[5] During this period he was the vice general secretary of the CHP and a member of the left of center group.