İhsan Eryavuz explained

İhsan Eryavuz
Birth Date:1877
Birth Place:Scutari (Üsküdar), Ottoman Empire
Death Place:Istanbul, Turkey
Allegiance: Ottoman Empire
Serviceyears:Ottoman Empire: 26 January 1901 – 21 January 1919
Rank:Lieutenant colonel
Battles:Balkan Wars
First World War
Laterwork:Member of the GNAT (Cebel-i Bereket)
Minister of the Navy
Member of the administrative board of the Türkiye İş Bankası

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]

On January 26, 1928 Eryavuz was put on trial before the Supreme Court (formerly Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928);: 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]

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Medals and decorations

Notes and References

  1. 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,, pp. 294-251.
  2. News: Yargıtay tarihinde bir ilk! . . July 26, 2011 . Turkish . February 21, 2014 .