Halil Menteşe
Halil Menteşe was a Turkish government minister and politician, who was a well known official of the CUP.Biography
Halil Menteşe was born in Milas, he then moved to İzmir where he received an education being provided by Halid Ziya Uşaklıgil. Being a prominent member of the Committee of Union and Progress, he joined the parliament in 1908. After the Young Turk Revolution and the restoration of the Constitution, he took office as Council of State President. When the Ottoman Empire collapsed in 1918, he continued being politically active as he also served in the parliament of the newly founded Turkish Republic. He died in 1948.
