Abdülhalik Renda
Turkish politician
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::summary Turkish politician ::
::data[format=table title="Infobox officeholder"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Mustafa Abdülhalik Renda |
| native_name | |
| native_name_lang | |
| native_name | instead.-- |
| image | TBMM Başkanı Abdülhalik Renda.jpg |
| alt | Renda was a close co-worker of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk. |
| office | President of Turkey |
| Acting | |
| term_start | 10 November 1938 |
| term_end | 11 November 1938 |
| primeminister | Celâl Bayar |
| predecessor | Mustafa Kemal Atatürk |
| successor | İsmet İnönü |
| office1 | Speaker of the Grand National Assembly |
| term_start1 | 1 March 1935 |
| term_end1 | 5 August 1946 |
| predecessor1 | Kazım Özalp |
| successor1 | Kazım Karabekir |
| office2 | Minister of Finance |
| term_start2 | 25 December 1930 |
| term_end2 | 3 February 1934 |
| predecessor2 | Şükrü Saraçoğlu |
| successor2 | Fuat Ağralı |
| term_start3 | 3 July 1926 |
| term_end3 | 1 November 1927 |
| predecessor3 | Hasan Saka |
| successor3 | Şükrü Saracoğlu |
| term_start4 | 22 November 1924 |
| term_end4 | 3 March 1925 |
| predecessor4 | Recep Peker |
| successor4 | Hasan Saka |
| term_start5 | 2 January 1924 |
| term_end5 | 21 May 1924 |
| predecessor5 | Hasan Fehmi Ataç |
| successor5 | Recep Peker |
| office6 | Minister of National Defense |
| term_start6 | 1 November 1927 |
| term_end6 | 25 December 1930 |
| predecessor6 | Recep Peker |
| successor6 | Zekai Apaydın |
| birth_date | |
| birth_place | Yanya, Janina Vilayet, Ottoman Empire (modern Greece) |
| death_date | |
| death_place | Erenköy, Istanbul, Turkey |
| death_cause | Heart attack |
| signature | M.Abdülhalik Renda-imza.png |
| alma_mater | Mekteb-i Mülkiye |
| :: |
| honorific-prefix = | name = Mustafa Abdülhalik Renda | native_name = | native_name_lang = | native_name= instead.-- | honorific-suffix = | image = TBMM Başkanı Abdülhalik Renda.jpg | image_size = | alt = Renda was a close co-worker of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk. | caption = | order = | office = President of Turkey Acting | term_start = 10 November 1938 | term_end = 11 November 1938 | primeminister = Celâl Bayar | predecessor = Mustafa Kemal Atatürk | successor = İsmet İnönü | office1 = Speaker of the Grand National Assembly | term_start1 = 1 March 1935 | term_end1 = 5 August 1946 | predecessor1 = Kazım Özalp | successor1 = Kazım Karabekir | office2 = Minister of Finance | term_start2 = 25 December 1930 | term_end2 = 3 February 1934 | predecessor2 = Şükrü Saraçoğlu | successor2 = Fuat Ağralı | term_start3 = 3 July 1926 | term_end3 = 1 November 1927 | predecessor3 = Hasan Saka | successor3 = Şükrü Saracoğlu | term_start4 = 22 November 1924 | term_end4 = 3 March 1925 | predecessor4 = Recep Peker | successor4 = Hasan Saka | term_start5 = 2 January 1924 | term_end5 = 21 May 1924 | predecessor5 = Hasan Fehmi Ataç | successor5 = Recep Peker | office6 = Minister of National Defense | term_start6 = 1 November 1927 | term_end6 = 25 December 1930 | predecessor6 = Recep Peker | successor6 = Zekai Apaydın | birth_date = | birth_place = Yanya, Janina Vilayet, Ottoman Empire (modern Greece) | death_date = | death_place = Erenköy, Istanbul, Turkey | death_cause = Heart attack | signature = M.Abdülhalik Renda-imza.png | alma_mater = Mekteb-i Mülkiye Mustafa Abdülhalik Renda (29 November 1881 – 1 October 1957) was a Turkish civil servant and politician of Tosk Albanian descent who was acting President of Turkey for one day after Atatürk's death in November 1938.
Biography
Renda was born in Yanya, in the Janina Vilayet of the Ottoman Empire (modern Greece). Renda was of Albanian origin. 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 the 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. During Renda's tenure as İzmir governor, politician Rıza Nur accused him on grounds of compatriot solidarity of encouraging Albanians (refugees and immigrants) to resettle from other Anatolian regions to İzmir, claims that Renda denied.
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. During the early one-party period he emphasized on the need to Turkify the Kurds in the eastern provinces of Turkey.
Abdülhalik Renda died of a heart attack on 1 October 1957 in Erenköy, Istanbul. He was laid to rest at the Cebeci Asri Cemetery in Ankara.
Armenian genocide
During the Armenian genocide Abdülhalik Renda was responsible for the deportations and murder of the Armenians of Bitlis Vilayet. He also organized the defense in the western mountain range against the Russian offensive in 1914, but to no avail, the Russians captured Saray as well as Başkale. In 1916, Renda became governor of Aleppo where he was instrumental in the deportations of Armenians to their deaths in Der Zor. 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 Mush.
References
References
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- Ungor, Ugur. (2011). "Confiscation and Destruction: The Young Turk Seizure of Armenian Property". Continuum International Publishing.
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- Kaiser, Hilmar. (2019). "The End of the Ottomans: The Genocide of 1915 and the Politics of Turkish Nationalism". Bloomsbury Academic.
- Rossler, the German consul on Aleppo, was quoted as saying that Renda was "working with great energy for the destruction of Armenians".A.A. Turkei 183, vol. 41, A4215, 9 February 1916
- Akcam, Taner. (2007). "[[A shameful act: the Armenian genocide and the question of Turkish responsibility]]". Metropolitan Books/Holt.
- A.A. Turkei 158, vol. 48, A34435 October 1917
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