Yusuf Kemal

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(17 July 1878 – 15 April 1969) was a

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civil servant, politician and academic. His birth name was Yusuf Kemal. After the Turkish

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in 1934, he assumed the surname Tengirşenk.

Early life

He was born in

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in 1878. While studying in the Military school of Medicine in

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he was arrested by the Ottoman police for disobeying

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. Although he was sentenced to be exiled to

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(a part of current

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) he was pardoned due to his poor health. He studied law and graduated from the Faculty of law in Istanbul in 1904. He later took doctorate in political sciences in the

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. After the

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in 1908, following a brief term in parliament he served in high civil posts.

Political life

After the

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he was elected as the MP in

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as a representative of

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. But the Ottoman parliament was closed by the

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and he traveled to

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to join the

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. In the

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and the

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he was elected as the Minister of Economy (3 May 1920 – 30 March 1921). In the second half of the

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and in the

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he was elected as the Minister of Foreign Affairs (30 March 1921 – 26 October 1922). These cabinets were before the proclamation of the

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. During the

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, he was the Minister of Justice (27 October 1930 – 5 May-1931). He was candidate in the 1946 Turkish presidential election for the Democrat Party.

Later years and death

After resignation from the parliament he served as the professor of Economy in the law school of

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. Although he participated in the

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as the representative of the

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he didn't return to political life. He died on 15 April 1969 at the age of 90.Biography page
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tengirsenk, Yusuf Kemal 1878 births 1969 deaths Academic staff of Ankara University Turkish civil servants Ministers of foreign affairs of Turkey Ministers of justice of Turkey People from Boyabat Republican Villagers Nation Party politicians Istanbul University Faculty of Law alumni 20th-century Turkish diplomats Ambassadors of Turkey to the United Kingdom