Hasan Saka (1885 – 29 July 1960) was a Turkish

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, and

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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

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for further education by the

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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

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at its last term and kept his position until the parliament was closed. He was elected as a member of

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( TBMM) from

Trabzon Trabzon (; Ancient Greek: Tραπεζοῦς (''Trapezous''), Ophitic Pontic Greek: Τραπεζούντα (''Trapezounta''); Georgian: ტრაპიზონი (''Trapizoni'')), historically known as Trebizond in English, is a city on the B ...

at its first term on 28 January 1921. He was a member of the Turkish delegation at the Lausanne Conference . 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

, and was laid to rest at the

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References

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