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Hasan Hüsnü Saka (1885 – 29 July 1960) was a Turkish politician,
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, and
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Political career

He graduated from ''Mekteb-i Mülkiye'' ( English: School of Civil Service) in 1908. Hasan Saka started working for government in "Divan-ı Muhasebat" (Council of Accounts). He was sent to
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for further education by the Ottoman government in 1909. After graduating from the School of Political Science with a diplomacy major, he returned home to continue his prior job. He was elected as a member of the Ottoman Parliament in
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at its last term and kept his position until the parliament was closed. He was elected as a member of
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from
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at its first term on 28 January 1921. He was a member of the Turkish delegation at the Lausanne Conference. Saka was appointed minister of foreign affairs on 13 September 1944. He quit this position on 9 September 1947 when the entire cabinet resigned. He was appointed prime minister on 10 September 1947. He formed his second cabinet on 10 June 1948. He resigned from office on 9 September 1949 but continued to be a member of parliament. His political life ended in 1954 when he decided not to run for the parliament again. He died on 29 July 1960 in Istanbul, and was laid to rest at the
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References


Ministry of Defence of Republic of Turkey


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