Mithat Şükrü Bleda (1874 – 19 February 1956) was a Turkish politician, who was a founding member of the
Committee of Union and Progress (CUP), which he also served as its
party secretary.
Biography
Midhat Şükrü was born in
Selanik (Thesalonika). After graduating from the
civil service academy
Situated in Lahore, Pakistan, the Civil Services Academy Lahore is an academy for training the young bureaucrats of the country who are commissioned by the Federal public service commission through a very competitive and tough exam known as Cent ...
, he took part in the founding of the
Committee of Union and Progress. He served as its general secretary between 1911- 1917. He was also a deputy in the Ottoman parliament, representing
Serres,
Drama, and
Burdur in
1908
Events
January
* January 1 – The British ''Nimrod'' Expedition led by Ernest Shackleton sets sail from New Zealand on the ''Nimrod'' for Antarctica.
* January 3 – A total solar eclipse is visible in the Pacific Ocean, and is the 46 ...
,
1912
Events January
* January 1 – The Republic of China (1912–49), Republic of China is established.
* January 5 – The Prague Conference (6th All-Russian Conference of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party) opens.
* January 6 ...
, and
1914
This year saw the beginning of what became known as World War I, after Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir to the Austrian throne was Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, assassinated by Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip. It als ...
respectively. Between 1935 - 1950 he represented
Sivas in the
Grand National Assembly. He died in
Istanbul in 1956, and was buried in the
Monument of Liberty upon his will.
His memoirs were published under the title of ''Bir İmparatorluğun Çöküşü'' (The Collapse of an Empire), which constitute an important source of the
Second Constitutional Era. It was adapted into
modern Turkish by his son Turgut Bleda (, 1979).
References
External Links
https://web.archive.org/web/20160206090417/https://www.tbmm.gov.tr/TBMM_Album/Cilt1/Cilt1.pdf
1874 births
1956 deaths
People from Thessaloniki
Politicians from Thessaloniki
20th-century Turkish politicians
Committee of Union and Progress politicians
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