Kâzım Dirik


Kâzım Dirik was an officer of the Ottoman Army and the general of the Turkish Army. During his political career he was Governor of Izmir between 1926 and 1935 and later also an Inspector General of the Second Inspectorate-General in the Turkish western provinces and involved with the Turkification and resettlement program of the Turkish state. He presented the idea of the "Ideal Republican Village".