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Şükrü Saracoğlu | |
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 Saracoğlu in 1931 | |
| 5thPrime Minister of Turkey | |
| In office 9 July 1942 – 7 August 1946 | |
| President | İsmet İnönü |
| Preceded by | Ahmet Fikri Tüzer |
| Succeeded by | Recep Peker |
| 7thSpeaker of the Grand National Assembly | |
| In office 1 November 1948 – 22 May 1950 | |
| President | İsmet İnönü |
| Prime Minister | Hasan Saka Şemsettin Günaltay |
| Preceded by | Ali Fuat Cebesoy |
| Succeeded by | Refik Koraltan |
| Member of the Grand National Assembly | |
| In office 28 June 1923 – 14 May 1950 | |
| Constituency | Izmir (1923,1927,1931,1935,1939,1943,1946) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Mehmet Şükrü 17 June 1887 |
| Died | 27 December 1953(1953-12-27) (aged 66) |
| Party | Republican People's Party (CHP) |
| Spouse | Saadet Saracoğlu |
| Relations | Rüşdü Saracoğlu (grandson) |
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Mehmet Şükrü Saracoğlu (Turkish pronunciation:[ˈʃycɾysaɾaˈdʒoːɫu]; 17 June 1887 – 27 December 1953) was aTurkish politician, the fifthprime minister of Turkey and theTurkish Minister of Foreign Affairs during the early stages ofWorld War II. He signed theGerman–Turkish Treaty of Friendship in 1941, which would prevent Turkish involvement in the war. He was also the chairman of the Turkish sports clubFenerbahçe S.K. for 16 years between 1934 and 1950, including holding that post concurrently with his time as Prime Minister from 1942 to 1946.
Born inÖdemiş in theOttoman Empire in 1887, Mehmet Şükrü was the son of Saraç Mehmet Tevfik Usta who was fromAkçaabat,Trabzon.[1] He completed primary and middle school in Ödemiş and high school in the prestigiousİzmir Atatürk Lisesi inİzmir and graduated from the School of Civil Service (Mekteb-i Mülkiye) halla in 1909.
For a while, he worked as officer of attendance and performed as mathematics teacher in İzmir High School in Sultaniye. In 1915, he studied in the Academy of Political Sciences inGeneva,Switzerland, for the account of İzmir.
During theGreco-Turkish War (1919–22) (the Western Front of the largerTurkish War of Independence), he returned toTurkey and fought in the region ofKuşadası,Aydın, andNazilli.
He was elected to theGrand National Assembly of Turkey from İzmir in 1923. He was appointed asMinister of National Education in thecabinet of Prime MinisterFethi Okyar. He then presided over the Commission for Composite Population Exchange, which would conduct the negotiations with the Greek government later on. He was appointed as theMinister of Finance in thecabinet formed by Prime Ministerİsmet Pasha (İnönü). After resigning, he was sent to the United States to complete some contacts about economic issues in 1931 and presided over the board going to theParis Treaty of 1933 to solve theOttoman public debt issue. In 1933, he reenteredCabinet as the Minister of Justice and performed as theMinister of Foreign Affairs in thesecond cabinet of Prime MinisterCelal Bayar.
After the 1934Surname Law, which required all Turkish citizens to adopt a surname, Mehmet Şükrü took on the surname "Saracoğlu", meaning "son of Saraç", Saraç being the epithet of his father.
In the closing days ofWorld War II, he took part in the negotiations with theSoviet Union inMoscow for months.
Upon the death ofRefik Saydam in 1942, he was assigned as the Prime Minister and resigned because of illness. He was elected as the President of the Grand National Assembly in 1948 and remained until 1950.
Saracoğlu, who retired from political life in 1950, was fluent in French and English. He was married and had three children.
He died on 27 December 1953.
The home of the Turkishfootball clubFenerbahçe,Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium, is named after him. His grandchildRüşdü Saracoğlu was an economist and politician.
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| Preceded by | Minister of Finance of Turkey 11 November 1927 – 25 December 1930 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey 11 November 1938 – 13 August 1942 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Prime Minister of Turkey 9 July 1942 – 7 August 1946 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Speaker of the Parliament of Turkey 1 November 1948 – 22 May 1950 | Succeeded by |
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| Preceded by | President of Fenerbahçe S.K. 1934–1950 | Succeeded by |
| Grand National Assembly Büyük Millet Meclisi (1920–1960) |  | ||||
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| House of Representatives Temsilciler Meclisi (1961) | |||||
| Grand National Assembly in period of Bicameralism Büyük Millet Meclisi Çift Meclisli Dönemde (1961–1980) |
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| Consultative Assembly Danışma Meclisi (1981–1983) | |||||
| Grand National Assembly Büyük Millet Meclisi (since 1983) | |||||
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