Muhlis Erkmen
Reşat Muhlis Erkmen was a Turkish farmer and politician.Biography
He graduated from the Halkalı High School of Agriculture in Constantinople and got specialized in animal breeding and dairy farming in Berlin, Germany. He played a pioneering role in the establishment of the Ankara School of Agriculture and the Atatürk Forest Farm and Zoo. Mustafa Kemal Atatürk personally gave him the surname "Erkmen".
In the summer of 1985, he passed away in his house in Istanbul.
Muhlis Erkmen was the Minister of Agriculture between 5 March 1931 and 11 June 1937.
