Hasan Saka

Hasan Saka
7th Prime Minister of Turkey
In office 10 September 1947 – 16 January 1949
President	İsmet İnönü
Preceded by	Recep Peker
Succeeded by	Şemsettin Günaltay
Member of the Grand National Assembly
In office 28 June 1923 – 2 May 1954
Constituency	Trabzon (1923, 1927, 1931, 1935, 1939, 1943, 1946, 1950)
Personal details
Born	1885 Trabzon, Ottoman Empire
Died	29 July 1960(1960-07-29) (aged 74–75) Istanbul, Turkey
Political party	Republican People's Party
Alma mater	Mekteb-i Mülkiye

Hasan Saka (1885 – 29 July 1960) was a Turkish politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Prime Minister of Turkey.

Political career

Hasan Saka in the 1920s

He graduated from "Mülkiye Mektebi" (School of Civil Service) in 1908. Hasan Saka started working for government in "Divan-ı Muhasebat" (Council of Accounts). He was sent to France for further education by the Ottoman government in 1909. After graduating from the School of Political Science with a Diplomacy major, he returned home to continue his prior job.

He was elected as a member of the Ottoman Parliament in Istanbul at its last term and kept his position until the parliament was closed. He was elected as a member of Grand National Assembly of Turkey (TBMM) from Trabzon at its first term on 28 January 1921.

Saka was appointed as Minister of Foreign Affairs on 13 September 1944. He quit this position on 9 September 1947 when the entire cabinet resigned.

He was appointed as Prime Minister on 10 September 1947. He resigned on 9 September 1949 but continued to be a member of parliament. His political life ended in 1954 when he decided not to run for the parliament again.

He died on 29 July 1960 in Istanbul, and was laid to rest at the Zincirlikuyu Cemetery.

References

• Ministry of Defence of Republic of Turkey (in Turkish)