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Abidin Daver

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Abidin Daver
Member of the Grand National Assembly
Personal details
Born1886
Constantinople, Ottoman Empire
Died8 February 1954
Istanbul, Turkey
NationalityTurkish

Abidin Daver (1886, Constantinople – 8 February 1954, Istanbul) was a Turkish nationalist writer and politician.

Biography

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He is the son of Ali Vahyi Bey and Fatma Revan. He joined Galatasaray Sports Club in 1908 and became a member.

Daver started his education at Soğukçeşme Military Middle School and completed Mekteb-i Sultani in 1917. Daver continued his studies at the Sanayi-i Nefise Mektebi and began to write articles for various newspapers. After 1908, he became a journalist and became a columnist in Tasvîr-i Efkâr, then Yeni Gün, Tercüman-ı Hakikat, İkdam and a columnist in the newspaper Cumhuriyet.

Daver, who was among the founding line-up of Galatasaray SK, was the president of the club between 1929-1930.[1] After the attack on the Turkish cemetery in Razgrad, he dedicated a column related to the event.[2] Between 1939 and 1943 Daver, who served in the Turkish Grand National Assembly as an MP for the term, is also known as a civilian admiral for his contributions to Turkish maritime affairs. After his death on 8 February, 1954, his name was given to a constitution of Denizcilik Bankası.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Biyografya: Abidin Daver". www.biyografya.com.
  2. ^ Altuncuoğlu, Neslihan. "Ulusal Basın Ekseninde Atatürk Dönemi Öğrenci Hareketleri: Razgrad Hadisesi Örneği". International Journal of Society Researches. 17 (33): 714.
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