Cevdet Kerim İncedayı

Cevdet Kerim İncedayı (1893 – 19 May 1951) was an Ottoman-born Turkish army officer, politician and author.

Cevdet Kerim İncedayı
2nd Minister of Transport
In office 20 November 1940 – 12 November 1941
President	İsmet İnönü
Prime Minister	Refik Saydam
Preceded by	Ali Çetinkaya
Succeeded by	Mehmet Fahri Engin
13th Minister of Public Works
In office 7 August 1946 – 10 September 1947
President	İsmet İnönü
Prime Minister	Recep Peker
Preceded by	Sırrı Day
Succeeded by	Kasım Gülek
Member of the Grand National Assembly
In office 8 February 1935 – 19 May 1951
Constituency	Sinop (1935, 1939, 1943, 1946, 1950)
Personal details
Born	1893 Sinop, Kastamonu Vilayet, Ottoman Empire
Died	19 May 1951(1951-05-19) (aged 57–58) Istanbul, Turkey
Political party	Republican People's Party
Alma mater	Gülhane Military Medical Academy
Military service
Allegiance	Ottoman Empire (1914–1919) Turkey (1919–1925)
Branch/service	Ottoman Army Turkish Army
Rank	Major
Unit	7th Division
Battles/wars	World War I Greco-Turkish War

Biography

Born in 1893 in Sinop, he studied at the Gülhane Military Medical Academy and graduated in 1914. He was sent to the Caucasus front during World War I. After the war, he joined the Turkish nationalist movement in Ankara and took part in the Greco-Turkish War as part of the 7th Division. He stopped the Greek advance at the Battle of Sakarya. After the war, he retired from the army at the rank of Major and started a career in politics shortly after.

He was elected a member of the Grand National Assembly in 1935, from Sinop, and would serve for 16 years until his death in 1951. In November 1940, he became the 2nd Minister of Transport and held that office until November 1941. 5 years later, in August 1946, he served as the Minister of Public Works until September 1947.

During his lifetime, he wrote two books about the Turkish War of Independence:

• Türk İstiklâl Harbi Garp Cephesi (1926)
• İnkılâp ve İstiklâl (1936)

See also

• List of members of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey who died in office