Cevdet Kerim İncedayı (1893 – 19 May 1951) was an Ottoman-born

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army officer, politician and author.

Biography

Born in 1893 in

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, he studied at the Gülhane Military Medical Academy and graduated in 1914. He was sent to the Caucasus front during

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. After the war, he joined the Turkish nationalist movement in

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and took part in the Greco-Turkish War as part of the 7th Division. He stopped the Greek advance at the

Battle of Sakarya The Battle of the Sakarya (), also known as the Battle of the Sangarios (), was an important engagement in the Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922). The battle went on for 21 days from August 23 to September 13, 1921, close to the banks of the Sakar ...

. After the war, he retired from the army at the rank of

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and started a career in politics shortly after. He was elected a member of the Grand National Assembly in 1935, from

, and would serve for 16 years until his death in 1951. In November 1940, he became the 2nd

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and held that office until November 1941. 5 years later, in August 1946, he served as the

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until September 1947. During his lifetime, he wrote two books about the

Turkish War of Independence , strength1 = May 1919: 35,000November 1920: 86,000Turkish General Staff, ''Türk İstiklal Harbinde Batı Cephesi'', Edition II, Part 2, Ankara 1999, p. 225August 1922: 271,000Celâl Erikan, Rıdvan Akın: ''Kurtuluş Savaşı tarih ...

: *''Türk İstiklâl Harbi Garp Cephesi'' (1926) *''İnkılâp ve İstiklâl'' (1936)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Incedayi, Cevdet Kerim 1893 births 1951 deaths Republican People's Party (Turkey) politicians Date of birth unknown People from Sinop, Turkey People from Kastamonu vilayet Government ministers of Turkey Ministers of transport and communications of Turkey Ministers of public works of Turkey Turkish Army officers Ottoman military personnel of World War I Turkish military personnel of the Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922) Members of the 5th government of Turkey Members of the 6th government of Turkey Members of the 7th government of Turkey Members of the 8th government of Turkey Members of the 9th government of Turkey