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Kâzım Özalp

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Kâzım Özalp
Speaker of the Parliament of Turkey
In office
26 November 1924 – 1 March 1935
PresidentMustafa Kemal Atatürk
Prime Ministerİsmet İnönü
Preceded byAli Fethi Okyar
Succeeded byMustafa Abdülhalik Renda
Minister of National Defense
In office
1 March 1935 – 18 January 1939
PresidentMustafa Kemal Atatürk
İsmet İnönü
Prime Ministerİsmet İnönü
Celal Bayar
Preceded byZekai Apaydın
Succeeded byAhmet Naci Tınaz
In office
10 January 1922 – 21 November 1924
PresidentMustafa Kemal Atatürk
Prime MinisterRauf Orbay
İsmet İnönü
Preceded byRefet Bele
Succeeded byAli Fethi Okyar
Personal details
Born
Kâzım Fikri

17 February 1882(1882-02-17)
Köprülü (Veles),Kosovo Vilayet,Ottoman Empire
Died6 June 1968(1968-06-07)(aged 86)
Ankara,Turkey
Political partyRepublican People's Party
NicknameKâzımKöprülü
Military service
Allegiance
RankGeneral
CommandsVan Gendarmerie Regiment,Van Mobile Gendarmerie Division,36th Division,37th Caucasian Division,VI Corps(deputy),60th Division,61st Division,XIV Corps(deputy),Kocaeli Area Command,III Corps,Minister of National Defense
Battles/wars

Kâzım Özalp(17 February 1882[1]– 6 June 1968) was a Turkish military officer, politician, and one of the leading figures in theTurkish War of Independence.

Biography

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Kazım Özalp is leaving theDolmabahçe Palacewith Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

Born inKöprülü(now Veles,North Macedonia), in theKosovo Vilayetof theOttoman Empireinto anAlbanianfamily, Kâzım Fikri graduated from theOttoman Military Collegein 1902 and completed the College of War in 1905.[2]Kâzım Özalp was involved in the31 March Incidentin 1909. He was a military commander of the Ottoman forces during theBalkan Wars.In 1917, he was promoted to the rank of the colonel duringWorld War I.He was one of the military commanders who organized resistance groups against theoccupation of Izmirby Greek forces. During theTurkish War of Independence,he fought at several fronts. In 1921, Kâzım Özalp was promoted to the rank General for his success at theBattle of Sakarya.After theKurdishSheikh Said Rebellionwas subdued, he contributed to theReport for Reform of the East,which advised to establishInspectorates Generalin the eastern provinces ofTurkeyand crush the Kurdish elite in the region.[3]

Already a member of the first term of the parliament of the newly established Republic as anMPfromBalıkesir Province,Kâzım Fikri served as the Minister of Defense in several cabinets from 1921 to 1925, and later from 1935 to 1939. He was elected Speaker of theTurkish Grand National Assemblyfrom 1924 to 1935. In 1950, he was elected to the parliament as an MP fromVan Province.[4]He retired from active politics in 1954. He was rumored to have been aBektashipossibly because of his opposition to the decision to close Bektashi centers (Tekke).[4]

Kâzım Özalp wrote his memoirs in his bookMilli Mücadele( "National Warfare" ). He died on 6 June 1968 in Ankara. His remains were transferred to theTurkish State Cemetery.

See also

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References

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  1. ^Özalp, Kâzım (1988).Millı̂ Mücadele, 1919-1922(in Turkish). Türk Tarih Kurumu Basımevi.
  2. ^Gingeras, Ryan (2009).Sorrowful Shores.Oxford University Press.p. 83.ISBN978-0-19-160979-4.
  3. ^Üngör, Ugur Ümit (2011).The Making of Modern Turkey: Nation and State in Eastern Anatolia, 1913-1950.OUP Oxford. pp. 133–135.ISBN978-0-19-960360-2.
  4. ^abKüçük, Hülya (2002).The role of the Bektāshīs in Turkey's national struggle.BRILL. p. 289.ISBN90-04-12443-8.
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Political offices
Preceded by Minister of National Defense
10 January 1922 – 21 November 1924 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Speaker of the Parliament of Turkey
26 November 1924 – 1 March 1935 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Minister of National Defense
1 March 1935 – 18 January 1939 		Succeeded by
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