Second_Inspectorate_General_(Turkey)

Second Inspectorate General (Turkey)

Second Inspectorate General (Turkey)

Regional Subdivision

The Second Inspectorate-General (Turkish: İkinci Umumi Müfettişlik or Trakya Umumi Müfettişi) refers to a Turkish regional administrative subdivision comprising the provinces Edirne, Çanakkale, Kırklareli and Tekirdağ.

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The second Inspectorate General (Turkish: Umumi Müfettişlik, UM) was created on the 19 February 1934 and its capital was seated in the city Edirne.[1] It was governed by a so-called Inspector General who had wide-ranging authority over civilian, military and juridical matters.[2] The task of the Inspector General was to develop the Turkish territories bordering Europe and populate them with muslim settlers.[2] İbrahim Talî Öngören was appointed the first Inspector General and in order to perceive a perspective of the tasks to be performed, he toured the UM in May and June 1934.[3] In June 1934 he presented report about the state of the region to the government in Ankara. The report had a very hostile approach towards the local Jews,[3] Öngören labeled the Jews as the "bloodsucking parasites of Turkish blood" and accused them of taking advantage of their economic positions in regards of the muslim population.[2] Soon after he delivered the report, the Thrace pogroms began.[4] Due to health reasons, Öngören had to resign from the post in August 1935 and Kâzım Dirik assumed as Inspector General and served as such until his death in 1941. Following, Abidin Özmen [tr] was appointed Inspectorate General, who held the post until 1948.[5] After this date, the office of the Inspectorate Generals was not reoccupied,[6] but the legal framework stayed until it was abolished in 1952, during the Government of the Democrat Party.[7]

References

  1. [1]
    Cagaptay, Soner (2006). Islam, Secularism, and Nationalism in Modern Turkey; Who is a Turk. Routledge. p. 47.
  2. [2]
    Pekesen, Berna (16 December 2019). Florian, Riedler; Kravietz, Birgit (eds.). The Heritage of Edirne in Ottoman and Turkish Times: Continuities, Disruptions and Reconnections. Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. pp. 423–424. ISBN 978-3-11-063908-7.
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    Guttstadt, Corry (2013-05-20). Turkey, the Jews, and the Holocaust. Cambridge University Press. pp. 67–69. ISBN 978-0-521-76991-4.
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    Bali, Rıfat (2008-09-23). "The 1934 Thrace events: continuity and change within Turkish state policies regarding non-Muslim minorities. An interview with Rıfat Bali". European Journal of Turkish Studies. Social Sciences on Contemporary Turkey (7). doi:10.4000/ejts.2903. ISSN 1773-0546.
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    "Edirne'ye Büyük emekleri geçen Trakya Bölge Valisi; Kazım DİRİK | | Edirne Tarihi" (in Turkish). Retrieved 2020-05-17.
  6. [6]
    Bayir, Derya (2016-04-22). Minorities and Nationalism in Turkish Law. Routledge. p. 141. ISBN 978-1-317-09579-8.
  7. [7]
    Bozarslan, Hamit (2008-04-17). Fleet, Kate; Faroqhi, Suraiya; Kasaba, Reşat; Kunt, I. Metin (eds.). The Cambridge History of Turkey. Cambridge University Press. p. 343. ISBN 978-0-521-62096-3.
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