Ali Saip Ursavaş

Ali Saip Ursavaş, also known as Ali Saib Bey (1885, in Revandüz (Rowanduz) – September 25, 1939 in Adana) was a Turkish career officer of Kurdish origin, and one of the early key members of the CHP, who served as an officer of the Ottoman Army and the Turkish Army. He was also a prominent politician of the Republic of Turkey.[1] In 1925 he was nominated prosecutor at the Independence Tribunal in Diyarbakır which was established to counter the Sheikh Said Rebellion and sentenced Sheikh Said to death.[2] Later he succeeded Hacim Muhittin Çarıklı as the Tribunals president.[3]

Ali Saip Ursavaş
Born1885 (1885)
Revandüz (Rowanduz), Ottoman Empire
Died25 September 1939(1939-09-25) (aged 53–54)
Adana, Turkey
Buried
Adana Asrî Mezarlığı
Allegiance Ottoman Empire
 Turkey
Years of service
  • Ottoman Empire: September 1, 1908-1919
  • Turkey: 1919-February 28, 1926
Rank
Commands held
  • Mobile Detachment of the Drizur Gendarmerie Regiment, Kars Gendarmerie Command, Kozan Gendarmerie Command
  • Urfa Gendarmerie Command, Urfa Area Kuva-yi Milliye, member of the Konya Independence Tribunal, Independence Tribunal of the Riot Area
Battles/wars
Other workMember of the GNAT (Urfa)

Works
  • Kilikya Faciaları ve Urfa Kurtuluş Mücadeleleri, Ankara, 1940.

Medals and Decorations

See also

Sources
  1. Türk Parlamento Tarihi Araştırma Grubu, Türk Parlamento Tarihi, Millî Mücadele ve T.B.M.B. I. Dönem 1919-1923 - III. Cilt: I. Dönem Milletvekillerin Özgeçmişleri, Türkiye Büyük Millet Meclisi Vakfı Yayınları, Ankara, 1995, ISBN 975-7291-06-4, p. 945.
  2. Üngör, Umut. "Young Turk social engineering : mass violence and the nation state in eastern Turkey, 1913- 1950" (PDF). University of Amsterdam. pp. 240–243. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
  3. Olson, Robert W. (1989). The emergence of Kurdish nationalism and the Sheikh Said Rebellion, 1880-1925. University of Texas Press. p. 124. ISBN 978-0-292-77619-7.
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