Tevfik Rüştü Aras
| Dr. Tevfik Rüştü Aras | |
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| Ambassador of Turkey to the United Kingdom | |
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In office 1939–1943 |
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| President | İsmet İnönü |
| Preceded by | Ali Fethi Okyar |
| Succeeded by | Rauf Orbay |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
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In office March 4, 1925 – November 11, 1938 |
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| Prime Minister | İsmet İnönü, Celal Bayar |
| Preceded by | Şükrü Kaya |
| Succeeded by | Şükrü Saracoğlu |
| Personal details | |
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Tevfik Rüştü 1883 Çanakkale, Ottoman Empire |
| Died | 5 January 1972 (aged 84–85) İstanbul, Turkey |
| Resting place | Aşiyan Asri Cemetery |
| Political party | Republican People's Party (CHP) |
| Alma mater | Beirut School of Medicine |
| Profession | Physician, politician |
Tevfik Rüştü Aras (1883 in Çanakkale – January 5, 1972 in Istanbul) was a Turkish politician, serving as deputy and foreign minister of Turkey during the Atatürk era (1920-1938).
He graduated from the medical school of Beirut. He served as a doctor in Izmir, Istanbul, and Thessaloniki (Turkish: Selanik ). He became a member of the Committee of Union and Progress, and during his membership he met Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of the Republic of Turkey.
In 1918, he was a member of the high commission of health (Turkish: Yüksek Sağlık Kurulu). At that time he married the journalist Evliyazade Makbule, who was the daughter of a wealthy family from Izmır.
The Turkish Grand National Assembly (TGNA) opened in 1920. Aras was elected to the parliament from Muğla. In his first period as a Member of Parliament (MP), he was appointed to the Independence Court of Kastamonu. In the autumn of 1920, he became one of the founders of the Communist Party of Turkey. Tevfik Rustu visited the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic with Ali Fuat Cebesoy, when Mr. Cebesoy was appointed as ambassador to Moscow. He served as MP for Izmir in the second, third, fourth and fifth periods of TGNA, between 1923 and 1939.
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