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    "ocrText": "SECRET\nSadak, Necmettin.\nMinister for Foreign Affairs. Born 1890 at Isparta. Educated, in part, at Istanbul\nand at Lyons, France. After teaching at the University of Istanbul, became editor and\npublisher of the Istanbul daily, \"AKSAM,\" in which his editorials on foreign affairs in\nparticular were for many years widely known for the wide knowledge, moderation, and\ncommon sense they displayed. In 1934-1935 was Turkey's permanent delegate to the\nLeague of Nations. In his present post strongly advocates the policy of firm resistance\nto Soviet pressure, support of the UN, friendship with the US, and adherence to\nthe UK-Turkish alliance of 1939.\nSaka, Hasan.\nPrime Minister since 1947. Previously Minister for Foreign Affairs. Born 1886\nat Trabzon. Educated at Istanbul and Paris. Taught economics and law at Istanbul\nand held posts in various ministries under the Imperial Ottoman Government. Has\nbeen a deputy ever since the first Grand National Assembly of the Republic and, as\nMinister of Finance and Minister of Economy, was one of the first to hold Cabinet rank\nunder the Republic. Member of the Turkish delegation to the Lausanne Conference\nin 1923, has since headed the Turkish delegation at various Balkan conferences. Vice-\nPresident of the Grand National Assembly and of the Assembly's powerful People's\nRepublican Party group for many years until he entered the Saracoglu cabinet in 1944\nas Minister for Foreign Affairs. Headed the Turkish delegation to the UN San Fran-\ncisco conference in 1945. Firm supporter of the United Nations and of Turkey's\nfriendship with the US. Despite his experience in financial and economic matters, his\ncabinets have been less successful in these fields than in their conduct of foreign\naffairs. Not an outstanding or impressive personality, Saka has succeeded in obtain-\ning better support from the People's Republican Party than did his predecessor, Peker,\nlargely because of his inclusion in the cabinet of members of the party's younger,\nmore liberal group, such as Erim (q.v.) and Gülek (q.v.). Saka has cooperated with\nPresident Inönü in trying to strengthen democratic institutions, notably in his abolition\nof Martial Law in the Straits Zone, and in reforming electoral procedures.\nSaracoglu, .\nFormer Prime Minister. Previously held several cabinet posts, including that\nof Foreign Affairs. Deputy Director-General and prominent leader in the People's\nRepublican Party.\nSarper, Selim.\nChief Permanent Delegate to the UN. Born 1899 at Istanbul. Has been Ambas-\nsador to Moscow (1944-1945), and Rome (1946-1947), and was a successful Director-\nGeneral of the Bureau of Press and Publicity (1943-1944). Has argued capably against\nVishinsky and other Soviet representatives in the UN. Strongly pro-US.\nSirmen, Fuat.\nMinister of Justice. Born 1899 at Istanbul. Educated at Istanbul and Rome.\nCareer almost entirely spent in legal posts, until his election as a deputy in 1935.\nAfter being appointed Minister of Economy in 1943, faced a storm of accusations of\n67\nSECRET"
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