Mithat Şükrü Bleda (1874 – 19 February 1956) was a Turkish politician, who was a founding member of the

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(CUP), which he also served as its

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Biography

Midhat Şükrü was born in

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(''Thesalonika''). After graduating from the civil service academy (''Mülkiye''), he took part in the founding of the

. He served as its general secretary between 1911- 1917. He was also a deputy in the Ottoman parliament, representing

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, and

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, and

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respectively. Between 1935 - 1950 he represented

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in the Grand National Assembly. He died in

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in 1956, and was buried in the Monument of Liberty upon his will. His memoirs were published under the title of ''Bir İmparatorluğun Çöküşü'' (The Collapse of an Empire), which constitute an important source of the

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. It was adapted into modern Turkish by his son Turgut Bleda (, 1979).

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https://web.archive.org/web/20160206090417/https://www.tbmm.gov.tr/TBMM_Album/Cilt1/Cilt1.pdf 1874 births 1956 deaths Politicians from Thessaloniki 20th-century Turkish politicians Turks from the Ottoman Empire Committee of Union and Progress politicians Politicians from the Ottoman Empire Young Turks Turkish revolutionaries {{Turkey-politician-stub