Ali Saip Ursavaş

Ali Saip Ursavaş
Born1885 (1885)
Died25 September 1939(1939-09-25) (aged 53–54)
Buried
Adana Asrî Mezarlığı
Allegiance Ottoman Empire
Turkey
Service years
  • 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
Conflicts
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 Ottoman 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 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.