Ahmet Hamdi Apaydın | |
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 Ahmet Hamdi Apaydın (from the parliament page) | |
| MP of the first parliament of Turkey | |
| In office 23 April 1920 – 15 April 1923 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1862 (1862) |
| Died | 28 October 1936(1936-10-28) (aged 73–74) Amasya, Turkey |
| Citizenship | Turkish |
| Nationality | Turkish |
| Political party | Republican People's Party (CHP) |
| Children | Nimet, Hasan, Reşat, Enver |
| Occupation | Politician, civil servant |
Ahmet Hamdi Apaydın (1862 – 28 October 1936) was a Turkish politician. His name during theOttoman era wasMiralayzade Ahmet Hamdi (Ahmet Hamdi, the son of the Colonel) But after theSurname Law inTurkey in 1934, he took the surname Apaydın and dropped the epithet Miralayzade.
He was born inErzurum in 1862 during the Ottoman Empire era. His father Hasan was a colonel in the Ottoman army. He completed his primary education in Erzurum and secondary education inSivas andAmasya. He began his professional life as a clerk in 1881. Next year he voluntarily attended the army. But he resigned from the army in 1894 while he was a lieutenant. In 1897, he returned to his former profession as the chief clerk in the royal farm's directorate. During theFirst World War he established an institution for the orphans of the war.[1]
He was married and the father of a daughter and three sons. He died on 28 October 1936 in Amasya.[1]
After the First World War, he supported theTurkish National Movement during theTurkish War of Independence. He established theAssociation for Defence of National Rights (Turkish:Müdafaa-i hukuk Cemiyeti) in Amasya. WhenMustafa Kemal (later Atatürk) visited Amasya to declare his famouscircular on 12 June 1919, he was one of the welcomers. He was elected as the Amasya MP from theRepublican People's Party (CHP, then known as Halk Fırkası) in theFirst Parliament of Turkey on 23 April 1920.[2] In the parliament he was elected to the committee of Finance. After the war, he did not run for the next elections held in 1923 and returned to Amasya.