Ali Saip Ursavaş
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Born | 1885 Rowanduz, Ottoman Empire |
Died | 25 September 1939 Adana, Turkey | (aged 53–54)
Buried | Adana Asrî Mezarlığı |
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Other work | Member of the GNAT (Urfa) |
Ali Saip Ursavaş, also known as Ali Saib Bey (1885, in Rowanduz – September 25, 1939 in Adana) was an Iraqi-Turkish officer of Kurdish[1] origin, having served in the Ottoman and Turkish armies, and one of the early key members of CHP.
Career
[edit]He was a prominent politician of the Republic of Turkey.[2] In 1925, he was nominated prosecutor at the Independence Tribunal in Diyarbakır which was established to counter the Sheikh Said Rebellion and sentenced Sheikh Said to death.[3] Later, he succeeded Hacim Muhittin Çarıklı as the Tribunals president.[4]
Works
[edit]- Kilikya Faciaları ve Urfa Kurtuluş Mücadeleleri, Ankara, 1940.
Medals and decorations
[edit]- Medal of Independence with Red-Green Ribbon
See also
[edit]Sources
[edit]- ^ Köylü, Murat (15 May 2017). Geçmişten Günümüze Kürt Siyasi Hareketi (in Turkish). Hiperyayın. p. 138. ISBN 978-605-2015-35-3. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
- ^ Türk Parlamento Tarihi Araştırma Grubu, Türk Parlamento Tarihi, Millî Mücadele ve T.B.M.B. I. Dönem 1919-1923 - III. Cilt: I. Dönem Milletvekillerin Özgeçmişleri, Türkiye Büyük Millet Meclisi Vakfı Yayınları, Ankara, 1995, ISBN 975-7291-06-4, p. 945.
- ^ Üngör, Umut. "Young Turk social engineering : mass violence and the nation state in eastern Turkey, 1913- 1950" (PDF). University of Amsterdam. pp. 240–243. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
- ^ Olson, Robert W. (1989). The emergence of Kurdish nationalism and the Sheikh Said Rebellion, 1880-1925. University of Texas Press. p. 124. ISBN 978-0-292-77619-7.