
Autograph document signed 'Sihhat Vekili Dr. Lûtfi Kirdar', sent to Turkish poetess Halide Nusret Zorlutuna, (1901-1984).
LÜTFI KIRDAR, (Turkish physician, statesman, soldier, Manisa and Istanbul governor, deputy and Turkish Health Minister), (1887-1961). Manuscript - Autograph letter / Letterhead 'TC Sihhat ve Içtimaî Muavenet Vekâleti', Ist., 1959. Original typescript document with manuscript autograph writings and signature by Lütfi Kirdar (as Minister of Health Lütfi Kirdar). 21x15 cm. Sent to Halide Nusret Zorlutuna. In Turkish (modern Turkish with Latin script). 1 p. Lütfi Kirdar was born in 1887 in Kirkuk. He comes from a rooted and well-known family 'Kirdarzâdes' of Kirkuk. After completing his primary and secondary education in Kirkuk and high school education in Baghdad, he came to Istanbul in 1908 and entered the Faculty of Medicine. After the Balkan War, Kirdar joined the war voluntarily and after the war he graduated from the Faculty of Medicine of the Darülfünûn -i.e. Istanbul Üniversitesi- (1917). With the outbreak of World War I, he joined the army. Kirdar who was participating in the Na