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4 unusual facts about Bekir Sami Kunduh


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Bekir Sami Kunduh (1867-1933), foreign minister of the government of the Grand National Assembly

Bekir Sami Kunduh

Later in his career he served successively as governor of Van, Trabzon, Bursa, Beirut and Halep.

He was one of the founders of the Progressive Republican Party of Turkey.

He was present at the last term of the Chamber of Deputies of the Ottoman Empire as Amasya deputy and after the dissolution he went to Ankara and joined the newly founded Grand National Assembly of Turkey.


Conference of London

Bekir Sami Kunduh, representative of Ankara, insisted that the delegate from Istanbul could not enter the negotiations, and rejected the use of Sêvres as the basis of the talks.


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