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]