İbrahim Süreyya Yiğit

Turkish politician

İbrahim Süreyya Yiğit


Member of the Grand National Assembly

Personal details
Born	1880 Constantinople, Ottoman Empire
Died	4 November 1952
Nationality	Turkish

İbrahim Süreyya Yiğit (1880 – 4 November 1952) was a Turkish thinker, politician and a close friend of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk. He was the only civilian signatory to the Amasya Declaration and participated in the Erzurum and Sivas Congresses. He served as a Member of the Turkish Grand National Assembly from 1923 until 1950. His surname of Yigit was personally given by Atatürk.