Lütfi Müfit Özdeş (1874 in Kırşehir – April 18, 1940 in Heybeliada) was a military officer of the
Ottoman Army
The Military of the Ottoman Empire () was the armed forces of the Ottoman Empire. It was founded in 1299 and dissolved in 1922.
Army
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, and a politician of the
Republic of Turkey
Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ...
. He was one of the founding members of
Vatan ve Hürriyet.
[Türk Parlamento Tarihi Araştırma Grubu, ''TBMB - II. Dönem 1923-1927 - III. Cilt: II. Dönem Milletvekillerin Özgeçmişleri'', Türkiye Büyük Millet Meclisi Vakfı Yayınları, Ankara, 1995, , pp. 523-524.] In 1925 he was appointed a member of the
Independence Tribunal in Diyarbakır, which was established the counter the
Sheikh Said rebellion and sentenced
Sheikh Said to death.
Sources
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1874 births
1940 deaths
People from Kırşehir
Ottoman Military Academy alumni
Ottoman Army officers
Ottoman military personnel of the Balkan Wars
Ottoman military personnel of World War I
Republican People's Party (Turkey) politicians
Turkish military personnel of the Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922)
Recipients of the Medal of Independence with Red Ribbon (Turkey)
Deputies of Kırşehir
Sheikh Said rebellion