Mehmet Şerefettin Yaltkaya

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Mehmet Şerefettin Yaltkaya
President of Religious Affairs of Turkey
In office
14 January 1942 – 23 April 1947
Presidentİsmet İnönü
Preceded byMehmet Rifat Börekçi
Succeeded byAhmet Hamdi Akseki
Personal details
Born17 November 1880
İstanbul, Ottoman Empire
Died23 April 1947 (aged 66)
Ankara, Turkey
Resting placeCebeci Asri Cemetery, Ankara
NationalityTurkish
Children3

Mehmet Şerefettin Yaltkaya (17 November 1880 - 23 April 1947) was the 2nd president of religious affairs of Turkey from 1942 to his death in 1947.[1]

He led Mustafa Kemal Pasha's funeral prayer for a limited congregation at the Dolmabahçe Palace on 19 November 1938.[1]

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  1. ^ a b "YALTKAYA, Mehmet Şerefettin". The Islamic Encyclopedia of the Turkish Religion Foundation.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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