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Yusuf Akçura
Yusuf Akçura (; ; 2 December 1876 – 11 March 1935) was a prominent Turkish politician, writer and ideologist of ethnic Tatar origin. He developed into a prominent ideologue and advocate of Pan-Turkism during the early republican period, whose writings became widely read and who became one of the leading university professors in Istanbul. Biography He was born in Simbirsk, Russian Empire to a Tatar family and lived there until he and his mother emigrated to the Ottoman Empire when he was seven. He received primary and secondary education in Constantinople and entered the Harbiye Mektebi (Military College) in 1895. He took up a post in the Erkân-i Harbiye (General Staff Course), a prestigious training programme for the Ottoman military. But in 1896 he was accused of belonging to the Young Turk movement and was exiled to Trablusgarb in Fezzan, Ottoman Libya. He escaped exile in 1899 and made his way to Paris where he began to emerge as a staunch advocate of Turkish nati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tevfik Bıyıklıoğlu
Tevfik Bıyıklıoğlu (1891 – 24 November 1961) was a Turkish people, Turkish politician, who was a founding member of the Turkish Historical Society, Turkish Historical Association, which he served as its first president. Biography He was born in Çanakkale in 1891. He entered the Ottoman Military College, Military Academy in 1905 and graduated in 1908 as an artillery officer and valedictorian of his class, and in 1914 he graduated from the Military Academy as valedictorian of his class. In 1915, he was promoted to the rank of Staff and took part in the Dardanelles campaign during the First World War. in 1923, while he was a Staff Lieutenant Colonel in the First Branch of the General Staff, he was appointed as Deputy Chief Clerk on March 18, 1924. On May 1, 1924, he was appointed as the General Clerk of the Presidency of the Republic of Turkey in his capacity as Military Chief Clerk. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Bıyıklıoğlu, Tevfik 1891 births 1961 deaths Place o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
