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Ali Saip Ursavaş
Born	1885 (1885) Rowanduz, Ottoman Empire
Died	25 September 1939(1939-09-25) (aged 53–54) Adana, Turkey
Buried	Adana Asrî Mezarlığı
Allegiance	Ottoman Empire  Turkey
Years of service	Ottoman Empire: September 1, 1908-1919 Turkey: 1919-February 28, 1926
Rank	Ottoma Empire: Captain Turkey: Lieutenant colonel
Commands	Mobile Detachment of the Drizur Gendarmerie Regiment, Kars Gendarmerie Command, Kozan Gendarmerie Command Urfa Gendarmerie Command, Urfa Area Kuva-yi Milliye, member of the Konya Independence Tribunal, Independence Tribunal of the Riot Area
Battles / wars	Italo-Turkish War First World War Turkish War of Independence
Other work	Member of the GNAT (Urfa)

Ali Saip Ursavaş, also known as Ali Saib Bey (1885, in Rowanduz – September 25, 1939 in Adana) was an Iraqi-Turkish officer of Kurdish origin, having served in the Ottoman and Turkish armies, and one of the early key members of CHP.

Career

He was 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 [tr] as the Tribunals president.

Works

• Kilikya Faciaları ve Urfa Kurtuluş Mücadeleleri, Ankara, 1940.

Medals and decorations

• Medal of Independence with Red-Green Ribbon

See also

• List of recipients of the Medal of Independence with Red-Green Ribbon (Turkey)
• Battle of Urfa

Sources

1. Köylü, Murat (15 May 2017). Geçmişten Günümüze Kürt Siyasi Hareketi (in Turkish). Hiperyayın. p. 138. ISBN 978-605-2015-35-3. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
2. Türk Parlamento Tarihi Araştırma Grubu, Türk Parlamento Tarihi, Millî Mücadele ve T.B.M.B. I. Dönem 1919-1923 - III. Cilt: I. Dönem Milletvekillerin Özgeçmişleri, Türkiye Büyük Millet Meclisi Vakfı Yayınları, Ankara, 1995, ISBN 975-7291-06-4, p. 945.
3. Üngör, Umut. "Young Turk social engineering : mass violence and the nation state in eastern Turkey, 1913- 1950" (PDF). University of Amsterdam. pp. 240–243. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
4. Olson, Robert W. (1989). The emergence of Kurdish nationalism and the Sheikh Said Rebellion, 1880-1925. University of Texas Press. p. 124. ISBN 978-0-292-77619-7.

• 1885 births
• 1939 deaths
• People from Rawandiz
• Turkish people of Kurdish descent
• Republican People's Party (Turkey) politicians
• Deputies of Şanlıurfa
• Ottoman Army officers
• Turkish militia officers
• Ottoman military personnel of the Italo-Turkish War
• Ottoman military personnel of World War I
• Turkish military personnel of the Franco-Turkish War
• Members of Kuva-yi Milliye
• Sheikh Said rebellion
• Ottoman Military Academy alumni
• Recipients of the Medal of Independence with Red-Green Ribbon (Turkey)