İhsan Eryavuz

İhsan Eryavuz, also known as "Topçu" İhsan ("Artilleryman" Ihsan), Mehmet İhsan Bey (1877, Scutari (Üsküdar) March 6, 1947, Istanbul) was a Turkish career officer, government minister and politician. He served as an officer of the Ottoman Army, and as a politician of the Republic of Turkey. He became Minister of the Navy in the cabinets of Ali Fethi Bey (Okyar) and Ismet Pasha (İnönü)[1]

İhsan Eryavuz
Born1877 (1877)
Scutari (Üsküdar), Ottoman Empire
DiedMarch 6, 1947(1947-03-06) (aged 69–70)
Istanbul, Turkey
Allegiance Ottoman Empire
Years of serviceOttoman Empire: January 26, 1901 – January 21, 1919
RankLieutenant colonel
Battles/warsBalkan Wars
First World War
Other workMember of the GNAT (Cebel-i Bereket)
Minister of the Navy
Member of the administrative board of the Türkiye İş Bankası

On January 26, 1928 Eryavuz was put on trial before the Supreme Court (formerly Ottoman Turkish: Divan'ı Ali, today Turkish: Yüce Divan) for charges on defraudation related to the repairs at the battlecruiser TCG Yavuz. He was sentenced to two years of aggravated imprisonment.[2]

Works

  • Anılar (incomplete), Yeni Türkiye, 1946.

Medals and Decorations

Sources

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  1. Türk Parlamento Tarihi Araştırma Grubu, Türk Parlamento Tarihi: Millî Mücadele ve TBMB I. Dönem 1919-1923 - I. Dönem Milletvekillerin Özgeçmişleri, III. Cilt, Türkiye Büyük Millet Meclisi Vakfı Yayınları, Ankara, 1995, ISBN 975-7291-06-4, pp. 294-251.
  2. "Yargıtay tarihinde bir ilk!". Sabah (in Turkish). July 26, 2011. Retrieved February 21, 2014.


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