Mehmed Cavid

Mehmet Cavit Bey
Cavid Bey in 1918
Minister of Finance
In office July 1909 – October 1911
Monarch	Mehmed V
Preceded by	Mehmed Rifat Bey
Succeeded by	Mustafa Nail Bey
In office March 1914 – November 1914
Monarch	Mehmed V
Preceded by	Abdurrahman Vefik Sayın
Succeeded by	Talaat Pasha
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
Constituency	Selanik (1908, 1912) Kale-i Sultaniye (1914)
Personal details
Born	1875 Selanik, Salonica Vilayet, Ottoman Empire
Died	26 August 1926(1926-08-26) (aged 50–51) Ankara, Turkey
Occupation	Politician, economist, newspaper editor

Mehmet Cavit Bey, Mehmed Cavid Bey or Mehmed Djavid Bey (Ottoman Turkish: محمد جاوید بك; 1875 – 26 August 1926) was a Dönme–Ottoman economist, newspaper editor and leading politician during the dissolution period of the Ottoman Empire. As a Young Turk and a member of the Committee of Union and Progress (CUP) had positions in government after the constitution was re-established. In the beginning of the Republican period, he was controversially executed for his alleged involvement in an assassination attempt against Mustafa Kemal Atatürk.^[1]