Ali Saip Ursavaş, Turkish soldier and politician (b. 1885)
Ali Saip Ursavaş, also known as Ali Saib Bey (1885, in Revandüz (Rowanduz) – September 25, 1939 in Adana) was a Turkish career officer of Iraqi Turkmen 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. 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. Later he succeeded Hacim Muhittin Çarıklı as the Tribunals president.
1939Sep, 25
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