İhsan Eryavuz, also known as "Topçu" İhsan ("Artilleryman" Ihsan), Mehmet İhsan Bey (1877– 6 March 1947) was a Turkish career officer, government minister and politician. He served as an officer of the Ottoman Army, and as a politician of the

Republic of Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with ...

. He became

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in the cabinets of Ali Fethi Bey (Okyar) and Ismet Pasha (İnönü)Türk Parlamento Tarihi Araştırma Grubu, ''Türk Parlamento Tarihi: Millî Mücadele ve TBMB I. Dönem 1919-1923 - I. Dönem Milletvekillerin Özgeçmişleri'', III. Cilt, Türkiye Büyük Millet Meclisi Vakfı Yayınları, Ankara, 1995, , pp. 294-251. On January 26, 1928 Eryavuz was put on trial before the

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(formerly ota, Divan'ı Ali, today tr, Yüce Divan) for charges on defraudation related to the repairs at the

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TCG ''Yavuz''. He was sentenced to two years of aggravated imprisonment.

Works

*Anılar (incomplete), ''Yeni Türkiye'', 1946.

Medals and decorations

* Medal of Independence with Green Ribbon

Sources

1877 births 1947 deaths People from Üsküdar Ottoman Imperial School of Military Engineering alumni Ottoman Army officers Ottoman military personnel of the Balkan Wars Ottoman military personnel of World War I Turkish people of the Turkish War of Independence Recipients of the Medal of Independence with Green Ribbon (Turkey) Deputies of Osmaniye Government ministers of Turkey Republican People's Party (Turkey) politicians Turkish politicians convicted of crimes Politicians convicted of fraud Date of birth missing Members of the 3rd government of Turkey Members of the 4th government of Turkey {{Turkey-politician-stub