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Şükrü Saracoğlu

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Summary

Prime Minister of Turkey when the Wealth Tax was imposed in 1942. Segment 04.03 mentions him alongside President İsmet İnönü in its account of the government under which the tax was enacted. In segment 05.06 he is mentioned as the prime minister whom İnönü, according to the account, ordered to forgive the Wealth Tax debts.

Names and spelling variants

Şükrü Saracoğlu; Sukru Saracoglu

Mentioned in the book

Chapter Four – Bashhalan; segment 04.03 – The Wealth Tax; Chapter Five – Military Service; segment 05.06 – Bridges

Research note

The historical identification corresponds to Şükrü Saracoğlu, prime minister of Turkey during the Wealth Tax.