İhsan Eryavuz, also known as "Topçu" İhsan ("Artilleryman" Ihsan), Mehmet İhsan Bey (1877– 6 March 1947) was a Turkish career officer, government minister and politician. He served as an officer of the Ottoman Army, and as a politician of the Republic of Turkey. He became Minister of the Navy in the cabinets of Ali Fethi Bey (Okyar) and Ismet Pasha (İnönü)[1]
İhsan Eryavuz | |
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| Born | 1877 Scutari (Üsküdar), Ottoman Empire |
| Died | 6 March 1947 (aged 69–70) Istanbul, Turkey |
| Allegiance | .svg){kind=small} Ottoman Empire |
| Years of service | Ottoman Empire: 26 January 1901 – 21 January 1919 |
| Rank | Lieutenant colonel |
| Battles/wars | Balkan Wars First World War |
| Other work | Member of the GNAT (Cebel-i Bereket) Minister of the Navy Member of the administrative board of the Türkiye İş Bankası |
On January 26, 1928 Eryavuz was put on trial before the Supreme Court (formerly Ottoman Turkish: Divan'ı Ali, today Turkish: Yüce Divan) for charges on defraudation related to the repairs at the battlecruiser TCG Yavuz. He was sentenced to two years of aggravated imprisonment.[2]
Works edit
- Anılar (incomplete), Yeni Türkiye, 1946.
Medals and decorations edit
- Medal of Independence with Green Ribbon
Sources edit
Media related to İhsan Eryavuz at Wikimedia Commons
- ^ Türk Parlamento Tarihi Araştırma Grubu, Türk Parlamento Tarihi: Millî Mücadele ve TBMB I. Dönem 1919-1923 - I. Dönem Milletvekillerin Özgeçmişleri, III. Cilt, Türkiye Büyük Millet Meclisi Vakfı Yayınları, Ankara, 1995, ISBN 975-7291-06-4, pp. 294-251.
- ^ "Yargıtay tarihinde bir ilk!". Sabah (in Turkish). 26 July 2011. Retrieved 21 February 2014.
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