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

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, and as a politician of the

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. He became Minister of the Navy in the cabinets of Ali Fethi Bey (Okyar) and

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(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 26 January 1928 Eryavuz was put on trial before the

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(formerly , today ) 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