Halil Menteşe

Halil Menteşe (1874–1948) was a Turkish government minister and politician, who was a well known official of the Committee of Union and Progress (CUP).[1][2] He was one of the people most directly responsible for the Armenian Genocide.[3]

Halil Menteşe
Born1874
Milas, Ottoman Empire
Died1948 (aged 73–74)
OccupationPolitician

Biography

Halil Menteşe was born in Milas, he then moved to İzmir where he received an education being provided by Halid Ziya Uşaklıgil.[4] Being a prominent member of the CUP, he joined the parliament in 1908. After the Young Turk Revolution and the restoration of the Constitution, he took office as Council of State President. When the Ottoman Empire collapsed in 1918, he continued being politically active. He was elected as an independent deputy of the Grand National Assembly during the Parliamentary elections in 1935.[5] He died in 1948.

References
  1. "Halil Mentese – the quadrumvir.(Ottoman Empire politician) – Version details". Trove.nla.gov.au. 1 July 1996. Retrieved 18 April 2017.
  2. Akçam, Taner (2004). From Empire to Republic: Turkish Nationalism and the Armenian Genocide. Zed Books. ISBN 978-1-84277-526-4.
  3. Akçam, Taner (2004). From Empire to Republic: Turkish Nationalism and the Armenian Genocide. Zed Books. ISBN 978-1-84277-526-4.
  4. Syed Tanvir Wasti (July 1996). "Halil Menteşe: The Quadrumvir". Middle Eastern Studies. Taylor & Francis. 32 (3): 92–105. doi:10.1080/00263209608701120. JSTOR 4283809.
  5. Weiker, Walter F. (1991). Heper, Metin; Landau, Jacob M. (eds.). Political Parties and Democracy in Turkey. I.B. Tauris. pp. 91–92. ISBN 1-85043300-3.


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