Background
Bey, Ahmed Mouhtar was born on May 13, 1871 in Constantinople, Turkey. Son of Hassan Tahsin and Fatma Zehra.
Bey, Ahmed Mouhtar was born on May 13, 1871 in Constantinople, Turkey. Son of Hassan Tahsin and Fatma Zehra.
Graduate Ecole Superieure de Science Politique, Stamboul. Law degree, University of Constantinople.
Secretary, office of foreign correspondent, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Turkey, later 2d secretary legation, Stockholm, Sweden, 1898-1899, 1st secretary, 1900. Successively to assistant to legal counsellor, Sublime Porte, and chief of office of foreign correspondent, Grand Vizierate, 1900-1905. Consul general, Budapest, Hungary, 1905-1917, Envoy Extraordinary anu Minister Plenipotentiary, Athens, Greece, 1917.
Deputy to Turkish parliament, later to Great National Assembly, 1920. Acting minister for foreign affairs, 1920, minister, 1921. On special missions, 1922.
Ambassador to Moscow, 1923-1924. Member Great National Assembly, 1924-1926. Ambassador to the United States, Washington, District of Columbia, since 1927.
Address: 1708 Massachusetts Avenue N.W., Washington District of Columbia‡.
Member Great National Assembly, 1924-1926.
Married Kerimeh Hanim, of Magnesia, 1897. Children: Enver Bey, Nebil Bey.