Mustafa Cantekin Explained

Mustafa Cantekin
Birth Date:1878
Birth Place:Çorum, Ottoman Empire
Death Place:Ankara, Turkey
Allegiance: (1909–1920)
Turkey (1920–1928)
Serviceyears:1909–1928
Commands:Head doctor of the field hospital of the V Corps
Head doctor of the Afyon Military Hospital
Battles:Balkan Wars
World War I
Turkish War of Independence
Laterwork:Member of the TBMM (Kozan)
Member of the TBMM (Çorum)

Mustafa Elvan Cantekin (1878 – 21 October 1955) was a military physician of the Ottoman Army and a politician in the Republic of Turkey. He was one of the founding members of Vatan ve Hürriyet secret society, which was just one of the several organizations opposed to the regime of the Ottoman sultan Abdul Hamid II.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Türk Parlamento Tarihi Araştırma Grubu, TBMB - II. Dönem 1923-1927 - III. Cilt: II. Dönem Milletvekillerin Özgeçmişleri, Türkiye Büyük Millet Meclisi Vakfı Yayınları, Ankara, 1995,, pp. 684-685.