Halil Menteşe
Halil Menteşe (1874–1948) was a Turkish government minister and politician, who was a well known official of the Committee of Union and Progress (CUP). He was the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the President of the Chamber of Deputies in the last years of the Ottoman Empire, and also served as an independent deputy from İzmir in the Republic of Turkey. He was one of the people most directly responsible for the Armenian genocide.
Halil Menteşe | |
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| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
| In office 24 October 1915 – 4 February 1917 | |
| Monarch | Mehmed V |
| Preceded by | Said Halim Pasha |
| Succeeded by | Ahmet Nesimi Bey |
| Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
| Constituency | Menteşe (1908, 1912, 1914) |
| Member of the Grand National Assembly | |
| Constituency | Izmir (1935, 1935, 1939, 1943, 1946) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1874 Milas, Ottoman Empire |
| Died | 1948 (aged 73-74) |
| Nationality | Ottoman Turkish |
| Political party | Union and Progress Party |
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