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Refik Saydam

Refik Saydam, Turkish physician and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Turkey (died 1942)

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Born
September 8, 1881
Died
July 8, 1942
Zodiac sign
Virgo
Birth year
1881

About Refik Saydam

İbrahim Refik Saydam was a Turkish physician, politician and the fourth Prime Minister of Turkey, serving from 25 January 1939 until his death on 8 July 1942. He created a medicine to cure typhus, which was used largely by the Central Powers. Saydam became the vice-president of the Department of Health of the Ministry of War on 1 December 1913 and was promoted to the rank of major on 1 June 1915.

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The world when Refik Saydam was born

Refik Saydam was born in 1881. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Headlines and milestones

  • Top headlinePresident Garfield assassinated
  • Technology milestoneFirst electric power plant (Godalming, England)
  • World population~1.41B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderJames A. Garfield / Chester A. Arthur
  • U.S. population51.0M

1881 versus 2026

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Measure18812026
Population51.0M341 million

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