Ali Saip Ursavaş

Ali Saip Ursavaş
Born1885 (1885)
Rowanduz, Ottoman Empire
Died25 September 1939(1939-09-25) (aged 53–54)
Adana, Turkey
Buried
Adana Asrî Mezarlığı
Allegiance Ottoman Empire
 Turkey
Years of service
  • Ottoman Empire: September 1, 1908-1919
  • Turkey: 1919-February 28, 1926
Rank
Commands
  • Mobile Detachment of the Drizur Gendarmerie Regiment, Kars Gendarmerie Command, Kozan Gendarmerie Command
  • Urfa Gendarmerie Command, Urfa Area Kuva-yi Milliye, member of the Konya Independence Tribunal, Independence Tribunal of the Riot Area
Battles / wars
Other workMember 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

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 [tr] as the Tribunals president.[4]

Works

  • Kilikya Faciaları ve Urfa Kurtuluş Mücadeleleri, Ankara, 1940.

Medals and decorations

See also

Sources

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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.