Ali Saip Ursavaş

Ali Saip Ursavaş, also known as Ali Saib Bey (1885, in Revandüz (Rowanduz) – September 25, 1939 in Adana) was a Turkish career officer and one of the early key members of the CHP, who served as an officer of the Ottoman Army and the Turkish Army. He was also a prominent politician of the Republic of Turkey.[1] In 1925 he was nominated prosecutor at the Independence Tribunal in Diyarbakır which was established to counter the Sheikh Said Rebellion and sentenced Sheikh Said to death.[2] Later he succeeded Hacim Muhittin Çarıklı as its president.[3]

Ali Saip Ursavaş
Born	1885 Revandüz (Rowanduz), Ottoman Empire
Died	25 September 1939 (aged 53–54) Adana, Turkey
Buried	Adana Asrî Mezarlığı
Allegiance	Ottoman Empire  Turkey
Years of service	Ottoman Empire: September 1, 1908-1919 Turkey: 1919-February 28, 1926
Rank	Ottoma Empire: Captain Turkey: Lieutenant colonel
Commands held	Mobile Detachment of the Drizur Gendarmerie Regiment, Kars Gendarmerie Command, Kozan Gendarmerie Command Urfa Gendarmerie Command, Urfa Area Kuva-yi Milliye, member of the Konya Independence Tribunal, Independence Tribunal of the Riot Area
Battles/wars	Italo-Turkish War First World War War of Independence
Other work	Member of the GNAT (Urfa)

Works

• Kilikya Faciaları ve Urfa Kurtuluş Mücadeleleri, Ankara, 1940.

Medals and Decorations

• Medal of Independence with Red-Green Ribbon

See also

• List of recipients of the Medal of Independence with Red-Green Ribbon (Turkey)
• Battle of Urfa

Sources

1. Türk Parlamento Tarihi Araştırma Grubu, Türk Parlamento Tarihi, Millî Mücadele ve T.B.M.B. I. Dönem 1919-1923 - III. Cilt: I. Dönem Milletvekillerin Özgeçmişleri, Türkiye Büyük Millet Meclisi Vakfı Yayınları, Ankara, 1995, ISBN 975-7291-06-4, p. 945.
2. Üngör, Umut. "Young Turk social engineering : mass violence and the nation state in eastern Turkey, 1913- 1950" (PDF). University of Amsterdam. p. 240–243. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
3. Olson, Robert W. (1989). The emergence of Kurdish nationalism and the Sheikh Said Rebellion, 1880-1925. University of Texas Press. p. 124. ISBN 978-0-292-77619-7.