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President
  
Ismet Inonu

Role
  
Turkish Politician

Preceded by
  
Party
  
Republican People's Party

Religion
  
Sunni Islam

Succeeded by
  
Semsettin Gunaltay

Name
  
Hasan Saka


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Political party
  
Republican People's Party

Died
  
July 29, 1960, Istanbul, Turkey

Alma mater
  
Faculty of Political Science, Ankara University

8.BAŞBAKAN HASAN SAKA KİMDİR?


Hasan Saka (1885, Akçaabat – 29 July 1960) was a Turkish politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Prime Minister of Turkey.

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Political career

He graduated from "Mülkiye Mektebi" (School of Civil Service) in 1908. Hasan Saka started working for government in "Divan-ı Muhasebat" (Council of Accounts). He was sent to France for further education by the Ottoman government in 1909. After graduating from the School of Political Science with a Diplomacy major, he returned home to continue his prior job.

He was elected as a member of the Ottoman Parliament in Istanbul at its last term and kept his position until the parliament was closed. He was elected as a member of Grand National Assembly of Turkey (TBMM) from Trabzon at its first term on 28 January 1921.

Saka was appointed as Minister of Foreign Affairs on 13 September 1944. He quit this position on 9 September 1947 when the entire cabinet resigned.

He was appointed as Prime Minister on 10 September 1947. He resigned on 9 September 1949 but continued to be a member of parliament. His political life ended in 1954 when he decided not to run for the parliament again.

He died on 29 July 1960 in Istanbul, and was laid to rest at the Zincirlikuyu Cemetery.

References

Hasan Saka Wikipedia


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