Dr. Refik Saydam (1881, Istanbul - July 8, 1942, Istanbul) was the 4th Prime Minister of the Republic of Turkey from 25 January 1939 to 8 July 1942.

Biography

He was a medic in the Ottoman Army during the dissolution of the empire. He created a medicine to cure typhus, which was used largely by the Central Powers.

He was one of the key people of the Indepedence War. He landed to Samsun with Mustafa Kemal Atatürk in 1919 to start the resistance in Anatolia. He was known as a reformist while he was the Prime Minister. Just four years after his death, single party period came to an end in Turkey.

See also

• List of Prime Ministers of Turkey

References

External links

• Refik Saydam Hıfzısıhha Center