Lütfi Müfit Özdeş

Lütfi Müfit Özdeş
Lütfi Müfit Özdeş
Born1874
Kırşehir, Ottoman Empire
DiedApril 18, 1940 (aged 65–66)
Heybeliada, Turkey
Allegiance
Years of service
  • Ottoman Empire: 1901-
  • Turkey: -1923
RankLieutenant colonel
Commands2nd Battalion of the 20th Regiment, 57th Brigade
Battles / wars
Other workMember of the GNAT (Kırşehir)
Ottoman 5th Army (HQ Damascus) officers. Left to right: Commander Lütfi, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk and Lütfi Müfit Özdeş (Beirut, 15 July 1906)
Mustafa Kemal Ataturk and Ottoman 5th Army (HQ Damascus) officers. First row the far right is Mustafa Kemal Atatürk and next to him is Lütfi Müfit Özdeş (Beirut, 15 July 1906)

Lütfi Müfit Özdeş (1874 in Kırşehir – April 18, 1940 in Heybeliada) was a military officer of the Ottoman Army, and a politician of the Republic of Turkey. He was one of the founding members of Vatan ve Hürriyet.[1] In 1925 he was appointed a member of the Independence Tribunal in Diyarbakır, which was established the counter the Sheikh Said rebellion and sentenced Sheikh Said to death.[2]

Sources

  1. ^ Türk Parlamento Tarihi Araştırma Grubu, TBMB - II. Dönem 1923-1927 - III. Cilt: II. Dönem Milletvekillerin Özgeçmişleri, Türkiye Büyük Millet Meclisi Vakfı Yayınları, Ankara, 1995, ISBN 975-7291-04-8, pp. 523-524.
  2. ^ 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.