Mehmet Tevfik Biren (1867 – 1956) was an Ottoman government official and liberal politician, who was a member of the short-lived Ottoman Liberty Party. He was in favor of signing the Treaty of Sèvres. He was the son of an Ottoman bureaucrat, growing up in Istanbul. He studied civil administration until 1885 and following became the Mutsarrif of Jerusalem between 1897 until 1901. As he left Jerusalem, he became a Vali to several provinces of the Ottoman Empire, at the end becoming a Minister of Finance during the last Ottoman Government. Following the end of the

First World War World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was List of wars and anthropogenic disasters by death toll, one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, ...

he was arrested by the Allied Forces and sent to

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as one of the Malta Exiles.

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1867 births 1956 deaths Politicians from Istanbul Political people from the Ottoman Empire Malta exiles {{turkey-politician-stub