Ali Şükrü Bey (; 1884, Beşikdüzü,

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- 27 March 1923,

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) was a Turkish soldier, journalist, and politician.

Life

He took part as the 6th term deputy of the

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and as the 1st term deputy of the

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from Trabzon. He was recognized as the deputy who put forward the strongest opposition to

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in the 1st Parliament. He supported Ittihadists against the

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. He was assassinated in 1923. His friends charged the Turkish Government for his murder and talked about an assassination for political reasons, the Government denied it.

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was indicted as the assassin. Turkish military police wounded Osman and killed several of his men in a clash the following month. Later that day, Osman was summarily executed. Ali Şükrü's murder is known as one of

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's first political assassinations.

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{{Authority control 1884 births 1923 deaths People from Beşikdüzü People from Trebizond vilayet Members of the 1st Parliament of Turkey Turkish military personnel 20th-century journalists from the Ottoman Empire Assassinated Turkish politicians Assassinated Turkish journalists Politicians assassinated in the 1920s

Life

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