Rauf Orbay, Turkish colonel and politician, Prime Minister of Turkey (born 1881)

Rauf Orbay

Turkish naval officer and diplomat (1881–1964)

Hüseyin Rauf Orbay was a Turkish naval officer, statesman and diplomat of Abkhaz origin. During the Italo–Turkish and Balkan Wars he was known as the Hero of Hamidiye for his exploits as captain of the eponymous cruiser. Orbay briefly served as Minister of Navy in October 1918,…