İsmet İnönü

ABOUT İSMET İNöNü

Turkish army officer and statesman who was best known for serving as the second president of Turkey from the years 1938 through 1950, and as its prime minister three times from the years 1923 to 1924, 1925 to 1937, and 1961 to 1965.

He was the director of the First Examinant Department of Legal Affairs Bureau of the War Ministry. İsmet İnönü (born Mustafa İsmet) was born in 1884 in Smyrna (İzmir) in the Aidin Vilayet to Hacı Reşit and Cevriye (later Cevriye Temelli).

He commanded the 4th Army in Syria during World War I.

He had three brothers, Ahmet Midhat, Hasan Rıza and Hayri, and one sister Seniha. He was married to Mevhibe İnönü. They had four children: Erdal, Özden Toker, Ömer, and İzzet.

He was known as Mustafa Kemal Ataturk 's right-hand man.