Doctor Nâzım
Mehmed Nâzım | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Education | |
| In office 21 July 1918 – 8 October 1918 | |
| Monarch | Mehmed VI |
| Prime Minister | Talat Pasha |
| Preceded by | Ali Münif Yeğenağa |
| Succeeded by | Gelenbevizade Mehmet Said |
| Secretary General of the Union and Progress Party | |
| In office 23 July 1909 – 23 Jule 1910 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1870 |
| Died | 26 August 1926 (aged 55/56) |
| Cause of death | Execution by hanging |
| Spouse | Evliyazade Beria Hanım |
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Selanikli Mehmed Nâzım Bey also known as Doctor Nâzım (1870 – 26 August 1926) was a Turkish physician, politician, and a Young Turk revolutionary. Nâzım Bey was a founding member of the Committee of Union and Progress, and served on its central committee for over ten years. He played a significant role in the Armenian genocide and the expulsion of Greeks in Western Anatolia. He was convicted for allegedly conspiring to assassinate Mustafa Kemal Atatürk in İzmir and was hanged in Ankara on 26 August 1926. He also served as the chairman of the Turkish sports club Fenerbahçe S.K. between 1916 and 1918.