Abdülhalik Renda

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Mustafa Abdülhalik Renda (29 November 1881 – 1 October 1957) was a Turkish civil servant and politician, and a close co-worker of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk.

Biography

Abdülhalik Renda was born Mustafa Abdülhalik in Ioannina, in the Janina Vilayet of the Ottoman Empire. From 1902 to 1918, he served in several towns and cities of the Ottoman Empire as district governor and province governor. In 1918, he was exiled for six months to Malta. Following his return, he was appointed undersecretary in the Ministry of Economy and then in Ministry of Interior. He became Governor of Konya, before he was appointed the first Governor of İzmir after the Turkish forces re-captured the city from withdrawing Greek troops.

From 1923 on, he was Deputy of Sivas for five consecutive terms. Mustafa Abdülhalik served as Minister of Finance and Minister of Defence in several cabinets from 1923 to 1935, and later from 1946 to 1948. After the Surname Law of 1934, which required all Turkish citizens to adopt a surname, he took on the surname "Renda". He was elected Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey on 1 March 1935, and served until 5 August 1946. He was acting President of Turkey for one day after Atatürk's death in November 1938.

Abdülhalik Renda died on 1 October 1957 in Erenköy, Istanbul. He was laid to rest at the Cebeci Asri Cemetery in Ankara.[1]

Armenian genocide

During the Armenian genocide, Abdülhalik Renda was responsible for the deportations and subsequent murder of the Armenians of Bitlis Vilayet.[2][3][4][5][6] In 1916, Renda became governor of Aleppo where he was instrumental in the deportations of Armenians off to their death in Der Zor.[3][5] Rossler, the German consul on Aleppo, was quoted as saying that Renda was "working with great energy for the destruction of Armenians".[5][7][8] General Vehip Pasha, commander of the Third Army, mentioned that Renda in his testimony to the Mazhar Commission, claimed that he burned thousands of people alive in the province of Muş.[8][9]

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Political offices
Preceded by Minister of Finance
2 January 1924 – 21 May 1924		 Succeeded by
Recep Peker
Preceded by Minister of Finance
22 November 1924 – 3 March 1925		 Succeeded by
Hasan Saka
Preceded by Minister of Finance
13 July 1926 – 1 November 1927		 Succeeded by
Şükrü Saraçoğlu
Preceded by Minister of National Defence
1 November 1927 – 25 December 1930		 Succeeded by
Zekai Apaydın
Preceded by Minister of Finance
25 December 1930 – 3 February 1934		 Succeeded by
Fuat Ağralı
Preceded by Speaker of the Parliament of Turkey
1 March 1935 – 5 August 1946		 Succeeded by
Kazım Karabekir

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  9. ↑ A.A. Turkei 158, vol. 48, A34435 October 1917
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