İhsan Eryavuz

İhsan Eryavuz, also known as "Topçu" İhsan ("Artilleryman" Ihsan), Mehmet İhsan Bey (1877– 6 March 1947) was a Turkish career officer, government minister and politician. He served as an officer of the Ottoman Army, and as a politician of the Republic of Turkey. He became Minister of the Navy in the cabinets of Ali Fethi Bey (Okyar) and Ismet Pasha (İnönü)^[1]

İhsan Eryavuz
Born	1877 Scutari (Üsküdar), Ottoman Empire
Died	6 March 1947(1947-03-06) (aged 69–70) Istanbul, Turkey
Allegiance	Ottoman Empire
Years of service	Ottoman Empire: 26 January 1901 – 21 January 1919
Rank	Lieutenant colonel
Battles / wars	Balkan Wars First World War
Other work	Member of the GNAT (Cebel-i Bereket) Minister of the Navy Member of the administrative board of the Türkiye İş Bankası

On 26 January 1928 Eryavuz was put on trial before the Supreme Court (formerly Ottoman Turkish: Divan'ı Ali, today Turkish: Yüce Divan) for charges on defraudation related to the repairs at the battlecruiser TCG Yavuz. He was sentenced to two years of aggravated imprisonment.^[2]

Works

• Anılar (incomplete), Yeni Türkiye, 1946.

Medals and decorations

• Medal of Independence with Green Ribbon