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Fethi Okyar
2nd Prime Minister of Turkey

In office
22 November 1924 – 3 March 1925
President Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
Preceded by İsmet İnönü
Succeeded by İsmet İnönü
4th Prime Minister of the Government of the Grand National Assembly

In office
14 August 1923 – 27 October 1923
Preceded by Rauf Orbay
Succeeded by İsmet İnönü (As Prime Minister of Turkey)
3rd Speaker of the Grand National Assembly

In office
1 November 1923 – 22 November 1924
President Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
Prime Minister İsmet İnönü
Preceded by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
Succeeded by Kâzım Özalp
Template:GNAT MP

In office
8 February 1935 – 7 May 1943
Constituency Bolu (1935, 1939, 1943)

In office
28 June 1923 – 25 April 1931
Constituency Istanbul (1923)
Gümüşhane (1927)
Minister of Justice

In office
26 May 1939 – 12 March 1941
President İsmet İnönü
Prime Minister Refik Saydam
Preceded by Tevfik Fikret Sılay
Succeeded by Hasan Menemencioğlu
Minister of National Defense

In office
22 November 1924 – 3 March 1925
Prime Minister Himself
Preceded by Kâzım Fikri
Succeeded by Mehmet Recep
Minister of the Interior of the Government of the Grand National Assembly

In office
5 November 1922 – 27 October 1923
Preceded by İsmail Safa Özler
Succeeded by Ahmet Ferit Tek

In office
10 October 1921 – 9 July 1922
Preceded by Refet Bele
Succeeded by İsmail Safa
Minister of the Interior (Ottoman Empire)

In office
14 October 1918 – 8 November 1918
First Minister Ahmet İzzet
Preceded by Mehmet Talaat (acting)
Succeeded by Mustafa Arif
Personal details
Born Ali Fethi
(1880-04-29)29 April 1880
Prilep, Manastir Vilayet, Ottoman Empire
Died 7 May 1943(1943-05-07) (aged 63)
Istanbul, Turkey
Political party Republican People Party (1930–1943)
Liberal Republican Party (1930)
Republican People Party (1923–1930)
Ottoman Liberal People's Party (1918–1919)
Union and Progress Party (1913–1918)
Military service
Allegiance  Ottoman Empire
Service/branch  Ottoman Empire Army
Years of service 1898–1923
Rank Lieutenant General
Battles/wars Italo-Turkish War
Balkan Wars

Ali Fethi Okyar (29 April 1880 – 7 May 1943) was a Turkish diplomat and politician, who also served as a military officer and diplomat during the last decade of the Ottoman Empire. He was also the second Prime Minister of Turkey (1924–1925) and the second Speaker of the Turkish Parliament after Mustafa Kemal Atatürk.

Biography[]

He was born in the Ottoman town of Prilep in Manastir Vilayet (present-day North Macedonia) to an Albanian family.[1][2][3] Some sources also claim that he was of Circassian descent.[4] He attended the Monastir Military High School, where he was a friend of Mustafa Kemal, helping him with French and introducing him to French political thought.[5] In 1913, he joined the Committee of Union and Progress (İttihat ve Terakki Cemiyeti) and was elected as the secretary general. In 1924 he was appointed Prime Minister as the successor of İsmet İnönü. But only a few months later in March 1925 he was replaced again by İnönü as a more decisive policy was needed to suppress the Sheikh Said rebellion.[6] Following he was appointed the Turkish ambassador to France in Paris.[6] In 1930, he received the permission to establish the Serbest Cumhuriyet Fırkası (Liberal Republican Party), an early party of opposition.[7] However, when the government noticed the support of this opposition party among Islamists, it was declared illegal and closed down, a situation similar to that of the Progressive Republican Party, which had lasted for a few months in 1924. He later served as Justice Minister from 1939 to 1941.

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Political offices
Preceded by
Rauf Orbay
Prime Minister of Turkey
14 August 1923 – 23 October 1923
Succeeded by
İsmet İnönü
Preceded by
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
Speaker of the Parliament of Turkey
1 November 1923 – 22 November 1924
Succeeded by
Kâzım Özalp
Preceded by
İsmet İnönü
Prime Minister of Turkey
22 November 1924 – 3 March 1925
Succeeded by
İsmet İnönü
Preceded by
Kâzım Özalp
Minister of National Defense
22 November 1924 – 3 March 1925
Succeeded by
Recep Peker
Preceded by
Tevfik Fikret Sılay
Minister of Justice
27 May 1939 – 13 March 1941
Succeeded by
Hasan Menemencioğlu
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