Inspectorates-General or General Inspectorates ( Turkish : Umumi Müfettişlikler ) was a regional governorship whose authorities prevailed over civilian, military and judicial institutions under their domain but had to comply with the orders of Turkish president Mustafa Kemal . Their aim was to establish an authoritarian rule and to consolidate the authority in the process of Turkification of religious and ethnic minorities.
3-731: The Turkish Grand National Assembly got the law numbered 1164 and dated June 25, 1927, passed. On January 1, 1928, the First Inspectorate-General ( Birinci Umumi Müfettişlik ) including the provinces of Diyarbakır , Elazığ , Urfa , Bitlis , Van , Hakkâri , Siirt and Mardin was established with the center in Diyarbakır . Before Thrace pogroms , on February 19, 1934, the Second Inspectorate-General ( İkinci Umumi Müfettişlik ) including Kırklareli , Edirne , Tekirdağ and Çanakkale provinces,
6-693: The center in Elazığ . In December 1936 a conference of the Inspector-Generals of all the four Inspectorates-Generals together with the Minister of the Interior Şükrü Kaya was held and an evaluation of the Turkification program was prepared. The Inspector-Generals compared their results for three days. The First Inspectorate-General Abidin Özmen [ tr ] demanded a closure of
9-773: Was established with the center in Edirne On August 25, 1935, the Third Inspectorate-General ( Üçüncü Umumi Müfettişlik ) including Ağrı , Kars , Artvin , Rize , Trabzon , Gümüşhane , Erzincan and Erzurum provinces, was established with the center in Erzurum . Before Dersim Rebellion , on June 6, 1936, the Fourth Inspectorate-General ( Dördüncü Umumi Müffetişlik ) was established in historical Dersim region that includes Tunceli , Elazığ and Bingöl provinces, with
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