Background
Cavit was born in Salonica (Thessaloniki), then in the Salonica Vilayet of the Ottoman Empire. His father was Naim, a merchant, and his mother was Pakize. They were cousins.
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Cavit was born in Salonica (Thessaloniki), then in the Salonica Vilayet of the Ottoman Empire. His father was Naim, a merchant, and his mother was Pakize. They were cousins.
Cavit was educated in economics in Constantinople (Istanbul).
In the beginning of the, he was executed for alleged involvement in an assassination attempt against Mustafa Kemal. He was of Dönmeh descent. Following his graduation, he worked as a bank clerk and later as a teacher.
Later he became an economist and newspaper editors
Having returned to Salonica, Cavit Bey joined the Committee of Union and Progress (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom). After the proclamation of the Second Constitution in 1908, he was elected deputy of Salonica and Kale-i Sultaniye (Çanakkale) into the parliament in Constantinople.
Following the 31 March Incident in 1909, Cavit Bey was appointed minister of finance in the cabinet of Grand Vizier Tevfik Pasha. Until the Armistice of Mudros in 1918 following the World War I, Cavit Bey played an important role in the Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom. Cavit Bey represented the Ottoman Empire in postwar financial negotiations in London and Berlin.
In 1921, Mehmet Cavit Bey married Aliye Nazlı, the divorced wife of a prince.
In 1924, heir son Osman Şiar was born. Following the enactment of the Surname Law in 1934, Osman Şiar adopted the surname Yalçın. In the early period of the Republican era, Mehmet Cavit Bey was charged with involvement in the assassination attempt in Izmir against Mustafa Kemal Pasha.
After a widespread government investigation, Cavit Bey was convicted and later executed by hanging on August 26, 1926 in Ankara.
Thirteen others, including other Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom members Ahmed Şükrü and Ismail Canbulat, were found guilty of treason and hanged. She had the letters published later as a book entitled, Zindandan Mektuplar ("Letters from the Dungeon").
In 1950, Cavit Bey"s remains were transferred and reinterred at the Cebeci Asri Cemetery in Ankara.
A member of the Committee of Union and Progress (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom), he was part of the Young Turks and had positions in government after the constitution was established.
