Mehmet Recep Peker ( Turkish : Mehmet Recep Peker ; February 5, 1889 , Istanbul - April 1, 1950 , ibid.) - Turkish military and statesman, Lezginian origin [1] [2] [3] , Prime Minister of Turkey (1946-1947 )
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| The president | Ismet Inönyu | ||||||
| Predecessor | Shukru Sarajoglu | ||||||
| Successor | Hassan Saka | ||||||
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| Head of the government | Shukru Sarajoglu | ||||||
| Predecessor | Ahmet Fikri Tuser | ||||||
| Successor | Hilmi uranus | ||||||
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| Head of the government | Ismet Inönyu | ||||||
| Predecessor | Ali Fethi Okyar | ||||||
| Successor | Mustafa Abdulhalik Renda | ||||||
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| Head of the government | Ali Fethi Okyar | ||||||
| Predecessor | Ahmed Ferit Tech | ||||||
| Successor | Cemil Uybadin | ||||||
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| Head of the government | Ali Fethi Okyar | ||||||
| Predecessor | Mustafa Abdulhalik Renda | ||||||
| Successor | Mustafa Abdulhalik Renda | ||||||
| Birth | February 5, 1889 Istanbul , Ottoman Empire | ||||||
| Death | April 1, 1950 (61 years old) Istanbul , Turkey | ||||||
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| The consignment | Republican People's Party | ||||||
| Education | Naval academy | ||||||
| Religion | Islam , Sunni | ||||||
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| Rank | major | ||||||
| Battles | Italo-Turkish War , Second Balkan War , World War I | ||||||
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Biography
Born into a Lezgin family [4] . In 1907 he graduated from the Naval Academy, receiving the rank of lieutenant. He participated in both Talo-Turkish in Yemen and Tripolitania and in the Second Balkan Wars. During the First World War, he fought in Rumelia and on the Caucasian front. In 1919 he graduated from the Military Academy. In the second half of 1919, he served as an assistant teacher of war history at the Military Academy. Member of the Turkish War of Independence in the 20th Corps, ended the war with the rank of major.
In April 1920, he was elected Secretary General of the Turkish Grand National Assembly . On July 12, 1923, he was re-elected to parliament as a deputy from Kutahya . Between his appointment to the post of Secretary General of the Parliament before the Battle of Sakarya, he also served as chief of the second branch of the General Staff. For a certain period, he was the editor-in-chief of the Hakimiet-i Milli newspaper.
- May-November 1924 - Minister of Finance,
- 1924-1925 - Minister of the Interior and some time - Minister of Population Exchange, Accommodation and Infrastructure,
- 1925-1927 - Minister of Defense
- 1928-1930 - Minister of Public Works, at the same time in April 1929 - Minister of Education of Turkey.
In 1931-1936 - General Secretary of the Republican People's Party , becoming the "third person in the state" after Ataturk and Inyonu . In 1936 he was sent to Italy to study fascism . The report, which he wrote on his return and which was approved and signed by Ismet Inenu, provided for the creation of a “Fascist Council” at the Turkish Grand National Assembly, but this initiative was rejected by President Ataturk, which led to a conflict between the two politicians and his removal from the party leadership.
In 1942-1943 - Minister of Internal Affairs of Turkey.
He became the first Prime Minister during the multi-party system on August 7, 1946, and was in this position until September 7, 1947.
Member of the Turkish Grand National Assembly 2-8th convocations.
In 1948, he left political life.
He initiated the introduction of the subject “History of the Revolution” as part of the school curriculum. Since 1933, on behalf of Ataturk, he himself gave lectures on this discipline at the universities of Ankara and Istanbul, as well as at military academies and wrote a book about this. He supported the idea that women should be freed from the veil and that the Arabic letters should be replaced by the Turkish alphabet.
He was buried in the cemetery of the martyrs in Edirnekapi in Istanbul .
Quotes
Liberalism is a betrayal of the homeland. (1935) (in the original: Liberalizm, vatan hainliğidi)
Literature
- Sefer E. Berzeg "Türkiye Kurtuluş Savaşı'nda Çerkes göçmenleri". Volume 2, p. 54. Nart Yayıncılık Publishing House, 1990
Notes
- ↑ Sefer E. Berzeg. Türkiye Kurtuluş Savaşı'nda Çerkes göçmenleri . - Nart Yayıncılık, 1990.
- ↑ Turgut Özakman, Rıza Nur . Dr. Rıza Nur dosyası . - Bilgi yayınevi, 1995.
- ↑ Turkish Prime Minister - Dagestan - About Muhajirs in Anatolia and their Lezgi Roots
- ↑ Turgut Özakman. Rıza Nur dosyası .