Ali Saip Ursavaş Explained

Ali Saip Ursavaş
Birth Place:	Rowanduz, Ottoman Empire
Death Place:	Adana, Turkey
Placeofburial:	Adana Asrî Mezarlığı
Allegiance:	Turkey
Laterwork:	Member 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 as the Tribunals president.^[4]

Works

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

Medals and decorations

• Medal of Independence with Red-Green Ribbon

See also

• List of recipients of the Medal of Independence with Red-Green Ribbon (Turkey)
• Battle of Urfa

Notes and References

1. Book: Köylü . Murat . Geçmişten Günümüze Kürt Siyasi Hareketi . 15 May 2017 . Hiperyayın . 978-605-2015-35-3 . 138 . 7 November 2022 . tr.
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,, p. 945.
3. Web site: Young Turk social engineering : mass violence and the nation state in eastern Turkey, 1913- 1950. Üngör. Umut. University of Amsterdam. 240–243. 9 April 2020.
4. Book: Olson, Robert W.. The emergence of Kurdish nationalism and the Sheikh Said Rebellion, 1880-1925. 1989. University of Texas Press. 978-0-292-77619-7. 124. en.