Mithat Şükrü Bleda | |
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| Member of the Grand National Assembly | |
| Constituency | Sivas (1935,1939,1943,1946) |
| Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
| Constituency | Serres (1908) Drama (1912) Burdur (1914) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1874 |
| Died | 19 February 1956 (aged 81–82) Istanbul, Turkey |
| Resting place | Monument of Liberty, Istanbul |
| Nationality | Turkish |
| Political party | Committee of Union and Progress |
Mithat Şükrü Bleda (1874 – 19 February 1956) was a Turkish politician, who was a founding member of theCommittee of Union and Progress (CUP), which he also served as itsparty secretary.[1][2][3]
Midhat Şükrü was born inSelanik (Thesalonika). After graduating from thecivil service academy (Mülkiye), he took part in the founding of theCommittee of Union and Progress. He served as its general secretary between 1911- 1917. He was also a deputy in the Ottoman parliament, representingSerres,Drama, andBurdur in1908,1912, and1914 respectively. Between 1935 - 1950 he representedSivas in theGrand National Assembly. He died inIstanbul in 1956, and was buried in theMonument of Liberty upon his will.
His memoirs were published under the title ofBir İmparatorluğun Çöküşü (The Collapse of an Empire), which constitute an important source of theSecond Constitutional Era. It was adapted intomodern Turkish by his son Turgut Bleda (Remzi Kitabevi [tr], 1979).
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