Rıza Tevfik Bölükbaşı

Rıza Tevfik Bölükbaşı (1st from left) with three other signatories of the Sèvres Treaty . To his right, Damad Ferid Pasha, and further to his left, the Ottoman Minister of Education, Bağdatlı Hadi Pasha, and the Ambassador, Reşad Halis. The picture was taken on the ship that brought them to Paris for the peace negotiations. All four people lost their citizenship after the Turkish War of Independence and were listed among the 150 persona non grata in Turkey.

Rıza Tevfik Bölükbaşı (* 1869 in Svilengrad , Bulgaria , † 1949 in Istanbul ) was a Turkish politician , philosopher , poet and one of the leaders of the Bektashi - Community .

Bölükbaşı graduated from medicine in 1897. Riza Tevik Bölükbaşı was the Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of Turkey in 1918 . In 1918 he became Minister of Education and in 1919 he was President of the State Court for a short time. In 1920, Bölükbaşı was a member of the Turkish delegation and a signatory to the Treaty of Sèvres . Because he had signed by Turkish nationalists as humiliating perceived contract that he was from the Republic of Turkey after the Turkish War of Liberation to persona non grata declared and was part of the 150 people ( Turkish Yüzellilikler ), after the Treaty of Lausanne not 1923 in Turkey were allowed to come back. In 1943 he was pardoned and allowed to return to Turkey.

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↑ Antoloji.com: Biographical information about Riza Tevik Bölükbaşi ( Memento of the original from September 29, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Turkish). @1@ 2

↑ Mason.org.tr: List of Famous Turkish Freemasons ( Memento of July 17, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) (Turkish).

↑ aruz.com: Biographical data from Bölükbaşi (Turkish).

personal data
SURNAME	Bölükbaşı, Rıza Tevfik
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Turkish politician
DATE OF BIRTH	1869
PLACE OF BIRTH	Svilengrad
DATE OF DEATH	1949
Place of death	Istanbul

[Antoloji-1] Antoloji.com: Biographical information about Riza Tevik Bölükbaşi ( Memento of the original from September 29, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Turkish). @1@ 2

[Hür_ve_Kabuledilmiş-2] Mason.org.tr: List of Famous Turkish Freemasons ( Memento of July 17, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) (Turkish).

[aruz.com-3] ruz.com: Biographical data from Bölükbaşi (Turkish).