Historian (b. 1889, Çanakkale – d.
1961, Ankara). He graduated from the Military School (1908) and from the
Military Academy (1914). He worked as the Commander of the Western Front
Operations Division during the National Independence War. He participated in
the Lausanne Conference as a military advisor. He worked as the general
secretary to the President twice (1924-26 and 1928-32), and as the ambassador
to Moscow for one year (1927). He was the first head of the Turkish Historical Institution
and he prepared many works related to history both as translations and as
articles.
WORKS:
Trakya'da
Millî Mücadele (National Struggle in Trakya, 1956), Türk İstiklâl Harbi (Turkish Independence War, 1962), Osmanlı ve Türk Doğu Politikası (Ottoman And Turkish Eastern Politics, 1958),
Atatürk Anadolu'da 1919-1921 (Atatürk in Anatolia 1919-1921, 1959),
Mondros Mütarekesi ve Tatbikatı (The
Treaty of Mondros and its Application, 1962).
