User:Squigly q/Davud Çelik

Davud Çelik(born Δαβίδ Μακεδον or David Makedon:12 December 1876-15 October 1956) was a Jewish revolutionist and supporter of Mustafa Kemal in Turkey during the 1920s and member of the young Turks. His ancestry comes from Portugal. He was born in northern Greece the location of his birth is not known, but most likely Thessaloniki. He moved to Turkey at the age of 24 and changed his name. During his time in Turkey he became friends with the later to be founder of Turkey Mustafa Kemal. He married a Georgian Jew named Eliso Tsiklauri. After Kemal became president of Turkey, Çelik helped in Ankara were it is believed he was a minister. In 1941 he decided to move to Eastern Turkey spending most of his time in Erzurum. When he died he asked to be buried in Greece which he was.