Hasan Saka
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Hasan Saka | |
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| In office 10 September 1947 – 16 January 1949 | |
| President | İsmet İnönü |
| Preceded by | Recep Peker |
| Succeeded by | Şemsettin Günaltay |
| Member of the Grand National Assembly | |
| In office 28 June 1923 – 2 May 1954 | |
| Constituency | Trabzon (1923, 1927, 1931, 1935, 1939, 1943, 1946, 1950) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1885 Mekteb-i Mülkiye |
Hasan Hüsnü Saka (1885 – 29 July 1960) was a
Political career
He graduated from "Mülkiye Mektebi" (School of Civil Service) in 1908. Hasan Saka started working for government in "Divan-ı Muhasebat" (Council of Accounts). He was sent to France for further education by the Ottoman government in 1909. After graduating from the School of Political Science with a diplomacy major, he returned home to continue his prior job.
He was elected as a member of the Ottoman Parliament in
Saka was appointed as minister of foreign affairs on 13 September 1944. He quit this position on 9 September 1947 when the entire cabinet resigned.
He was appointed as prime minister on 10 September 1947. He formed his second cabinet on 10 June 1948.[1] He resigned from office on 9 September 1949 but continued to be a member of parliament. His political life ended in 1954 when he decided not to run for the parliament again.
He died on 29 July 1960 in Istanbul, and was laid to rest at the Zincirlikuyu Cemetery.
References
- JSTOR 4322013.
- Ministry of Defence of Republic of Turkey (in Turkish)
External links
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