Cevdet Kerim İncedayı explained

Cevdet Kerim İncedayı
Office:2nd Minister of Transport
President:İsmet İnönü
Primeminister:Refik Saydam
Term Start:20 November 1940
Term End:12 November 1941
Predecessor:Ali Çetinkaya
Successor:Mehmet Fahri Engin
Office2:13th Minister of Public Works
President2:İsmet İnönü
Primeminister2:Recep Peker
Term Start2:7 August 1946
Term End2:10 September 1947
Predecessor2:Sırrı Day
Successor2:Kasım Gülek
Office3:Member of the Grand National Assembly
Term Start3:8 February 1935
Term End3:19 May 1951
Constituency3:Sinop (1935, 1939, 1943, 1946, 1950)
Birth Date:1893
Birth Place:Sinop, Kastamonu Vilayet, Ottoman Empire
Death Place:Istanbul, Turkey
Party:Republican People's Party
Alma Mater:Gülhane Military Medical Academy
Allegiance: (1914–1919)
(1919–1925)
Branch:
Turkish Army
Rank:Major
Unit:7th Division
Battles:World War I
Greco-Turkish War

Cevdet Kerim İncedayı (1893 – 19 May 1951) was an Ottoman-born Turkish army officer, politician and author.

Biography

Born in 1893 in Sinop, he studied at the Gülhane Military Medical Academy and graduated in 1914. He was sent to the Caucasus front during World War I. After the war, he joined the Turkish nationalist movement in Ankara and took part in the Greco-Turkish War as part of the 7th Division. He stopped the Greek advance at the Battle of Sakarya. After the war, he retired from the army at the rank of Major and started a career in politics shortly after.

He was elected a member of the Grand National Assembly in 1935, from Sinop, and would serve for 16 years until his death in 1951. In November 1940, he became the 2nd Minister of Transport and held that office until November 1941. 5 years later, in August 1946, he served as the Minister of Public Works until September 1947.[1]

During his lifetime, he wrote two books about the Turkish War of Independence:

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Cevdet Kerim İncedayı . . 2016 . biyografya.com . 11 October 2017 .