Ahmet Ferit Tek
Ahmet Ferit Tek | |
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Ali Fethi Okyar | |
Succeeded by | Recep Peker |
Ambassador to Great Britain | |
In office 1925–1932 | |
Ambassador to Poland | |
In office 1932–1939 | |
Ambassador to Japan | |
In office 1939–1943 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Ahmet Ferit 1877 Bursa, Ottoman Empire |
Died | November 25, 1971 Istanbul, Turkey | (aged 93–94)
Ahmet Ferit Tek (1877 – 25 November 1971) was an Ottoman-born Turkish military officer, academic, politician, government minister and diplomat.
Early life
Ahmet Ferit Tek was born to Mustafa Reşit, an accountant at the Ottoman Ministry of Finance, and his wife Hanife Leyla in Bursa in 1877. According to another source, he was born on 7 March 1878.[1] He had a brother İbrahim Refet Tek.[1]
He studied at Kuleli Military High School, and graduated from the Turkish Military Academy in the rank of a Loeutnant.[2]
In exile
He joined the
Return to home
In 1908, Ahmet Ferit returned to Istanbul, and was appointed history professor at Istanbul University's School of Political Science. He co-founded "Milli Meşrutiyet Fırkası" ("National Constitutional Monarchy Party"). The ideas in the party programme of the nationalistic movement were "The Turks had fought on the frontiers of the Empire for centuries. They had to neglect their own land. Anatolia, the heart of Turkish territories, is uncared. The time has come for Turks to think over their own national destiny." On 25 March 1912, he co-founded Türk Ocakları (Turkish Hearths), a nationalistic organization, with Mehmet Emin Yurdakul (1869–1944), Ahmet Ağaoğlu (1869–1939), Yusuf Akçura (1876–1935) and some others. He was elected chairman of the organization in the first board meeting succeeding Yurdakul, the founding president. He published the newspaper İlham ("Inspiration"), where he wrote hot.[2]
Turkish War of Independence and Republican era
During the
After 1925, he chose a diplomatic career. He was appointed ambassador to London (1925–1932),[5] Warsaw (1932–1939),[6] and Tokio (1939–1943).[2][7]
Private life
Ahmet Ferit married to Müfide Meryem Fevziyye (1892–1971) in Paris in 1907. Ahmet Ferit and she met each other in Tripoli of Ottoman Libya, where he was in exile and she was because of her father's service. They escaped from Tripoli to Paris, where she got married at the age of 15.[8] From this marriage, a daughter Emel Esin, who became an art historian, was born.[1] Müfide Tek became later a renowned novelist.[8]
Ahmet Ferit Tek died in Istanbul on 25 November 1971, eight months after his wife's death.[8]
References
- ^ a b c "Ahmet Ferit Tek". Genealogy – Geni. Retrieved 2017-07-19.
- ^ a b c d e "Ahmet Ferit Tek" (in Turkish). Türk Ocakları. Retrieved 2017-07-18.
- ^ "İnönü Hükümeti Bakanlar Kurulu 30.10.1923–06.03.1924" (in Turkish). Türkiye Büyük Millet Meclisi. Retrieved 2017-07-19.
- ^ "II. İnönü Hükümeti Bakanlar Kurulu" (in Turkish). Türkiye Büyük Millet Meclisi. Retrieved 2017-07-19.
- ^ "Büyükelçilik Tarihi ve Önceki Büyükelçilerimiz" (in Turkish). T.C. Londra Büyükelçiliği. Retrieved 2018-04-04.
- ^ "Büyükelçilik Tarihi ve Önceki Büyükelçilerimiz" (in Turkish). T.C. Varşova Büyükelçiliği. Retrieved 2018-04-04.
- ^ "Büyükelçilik Tarihi ve Önceki Büyükelçilerimiz" (in Turkish). T.C. Tokyo Büyükelçiliği. Retrieved 2018-04-04.
- ^ a b c "Kitap : Nisan – 2003 – Pervaneler – Müfide Ferit Tek – Kaknüs Yayınları" (in Turkish). Ufuk Ötesi. Retrieved 2017-07-19.
External links
- Media related to Ahmet Ferit Tek at Wikimedia Commons