Hasan Saka
Hasan Saka | |
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7th Prime Minister of Turkey | |
In office 10 September 1947 – 16 January 1949 | |
President | İsmet İnönü |
Preceded by | Recep Peker |
Succeeded by | Şemsettin Günaltay |
Member of the Grand National Assembly | |
In office 28 June 1923 – 2 May 1954 | |
Constituency | Trabzon (1923, 1927, 1931, 1935, 1939, 1943, 1946, 1950) |
Personal details | |
Born | 1885 Trabzon, Ottoman Empire |
Died | 29 July 1960(1960-07-29) (aged 74–75) Istanbul, Turkey |
Political party | Republican People's Party |
Alma mater | Mekteb-i Mülkiye |
Hasan Hüsnü Saka (1885 – 29 July 1960) was a Turkish politician, minister of foreign affairs, and prime minister of Turkey.
Political career
He graduated from "Mülkiye Mektebi" (School of Civil Service) in 1908. Hasan Saka started working for government in "Divan-ı Muhasebat" (Council of Accounts). He was sent to France for further education by the Ottoman government in 1909. After graduating from the School of Political Science with a diplomacy major, he returned home to continue his prior job.
He was elected as a member of the Ottoman Parliament in Istanbul at its last term and kept his position until the parliament was closed. He was elected as a member of Grand National Assembly of Turkey from Trabzon at its first term on 28 January 1921. He was a member of the Turkish delegation at the Lausanne Conference.
Saka was appointed minister of foreign affairs on 13 September 1944. He quit this position on 9 September 1947 when the entire cabinet resigned.
He was appointed prime minister on 10 September 1947. He formed his second cabinet on 10 June 1948.[1] He resigned from office on 9 September 1949 but continued to be a member of parliament. His political life ended in 1954 when he decided not to run for the parliament again.
He died on 29 July 1960 in Istanbul, and was laid to rest at the Zincirlikuyu Cemetery.
References
- ^ T. A. Votichenko (October 1948). "Developments of the Quarter: Comment and Chronology". The Middle East Journal. 2 (4): 467. JSTOR 4322013.
- Ministry of Defence of Republic of Turkey (in Turkish)
External links
- Media related to Hasan Saka at Wikimedia Commons
Political offices | ||
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Preceded by | Minister of Finance 3 March 1925 – 13 July 1926 | Succeeded by |
Preceded by | Minister of Foreign Affairs 13 September 1944 – 10 September 1947 | Succeeded by |
Preceded by Münir Birsel | Minister of National Defense (acting) 5 June 1948 – 10 June 1948 | Succeeded by Hüseyin Hüsnü Çakır |
Preceded by | Prime Minister of Turkey 10 September 1947 – 16 January 1949 | Succeeded by |
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- Fevzi Çakmak
- Refet Bele
- Kâzım Özalp
- Fethi Okyar
- Recep Peker
- Abdülhalik Renda
- Zekai Apaydın
- Kâzım Özalp
- Ahmet Naci Tınaz
- Saffet Arıkan
- Ali Rıza Artunkal
- Cemil Cahit Toydemir
- Münir Birsel
- Hasan Saka*
- Hüseyin Hüsnü Çakır
- Refik Şevket İnce
- Ahmet Hulusi Köymen
- Seyfi Kurtbek
- Kenan Yılmaz
- Ethem Menderes
- Mehmet Fuat Köprülü*
- Adnan Menderes*
- Hasan Şemi Ergin
- Ethem Menderes
- Cemal Gürsel
- Fahrettin Özdilek
- Hüseyin Ataman
- Muzaffer Alankuş
- İlhami Sancar
- Hasan Dinçer
- Mustafa Hazım Dağlı
- Ahmet Topaloğlu
- Ferit Melen
- Mehmet İzmen
- İlhami Sancar
- Hasan Esat Işık
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- Ferit Melen
- Hasan Esat Işık
- Sadettin Bilgiç
- Cihat Bilgehan*
- Turhan Kapanlı
- Hasan Esat Işık
- Neşet Akmandor
- Ahmet İhsan Birincioğlu
- Ümit Haluk Bayülken
- Zeki Yavuztürk
- Ercan Vuralhan
- Safa Giray
- Güneş Taner*
- Hüsnü Doğan
- Mehmet Yazar
- Barlas Doğu
- Nevzat Ayaz
- Mehmet Gölhan
- Vefa Tanır
- Oltan Sungurlu
- Turhan Tayan
- İsmet Sezgin
- Hikmet Sami Türk
- Sabahattin Çakmakoğlu
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- Nurettin Canikli
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