Mehmet Tevfik Biren

Mehmet Tevfik Biren (1867 – 1956) was an Ottoman government official and liberal politician, who was a member of the short-lived Ottoman Liberty Party. He was in favor of signing the Treaty of Sèvres.[1][2] He was the son of an Ottoman bureaucrat, growing up in Istanbul. He studied civil administration until 1885 and following became the Mutsarrif of Jerusalem between 1897 until 1901.[1] As he left Jerusalem, he became a Vali to several provinces of the Ottoman Empire, at the end becoming a Minister of Finance during the last Ottoman Government.[3] Following the end of the First World War he was arrested by the Allied Forces and sent to Malta as one of the Malta Exiles.[4]

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References
  1. "Mehmet Tevfik Biren". www.biyografya.com. Retrieved 2021-01-23.
  2. "MEHMED TEVFİK BEY - TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi". TDV İslam Ansiklopedisi (in Turkish). Retrieved 2021-01-23.
  3. Kushner, David (1999). "The District of Jerusalem in the Eyes of Three Ottoman Governors at the End of the Hamidian Period". Middle Eastern Studies. 35 (2): 83–102. ISSN 0026-3206.
  4. "Malta Sürgünleri". Haberler.com (in Turkish). Retrieved 2021-01-23.


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