Doctor Nazım
Selanikli Mehmed Nâzım Bey also known as Doktor Nazım (1870 – 26 August 1926) was a Turkish physician, politician, and revolutionary. Nazım Bey was a founding member of the Committee of Union and Progress, and served on its central committee for over ten years. He played a significant role in the Armenian genocide and the expulsion of Greeks in Western Anatolia. He was convicted for allegedly conspiring to assassinate Mustafa Kemal Atatürk in İzmir and was hanged in Ankara on 26 August 1926. He also served as the chairman of the Turkish sports club Fenerbahçe S.K. between 1916 and 1918.
Mehmed Nazım | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Education | |
| In office 21 July 1918 – 8 October 1918 | |
| Monarch | Mehmed VI |
| Prime Minister | Talat Pasha |
| Preceded by | Ali Münif Yeğenağa |
| Succeeded by | Gelenbevizade Mehmet Said |
| Secretary General of the Union and Progress Party | |
| In office 23 July 1909 – 23 Jule 1910 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1870 Selanik, Salonica Vilayet, Ottoman Empire |
| Died | 26 August 1926 (aged 55/56) Ankara, Turkey |
| Cause of death | Execution by hanging |
| Spouse | Evliyazade Beria Hanım |
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