Kâzım Dirik (1881 in Bitola, Manastir Vilayet, Ottoman Empire – July 3, 1941 in Edirne) was an officer of the Ottoman Army and a general of the Turkish Army. During his political career he was Governor of Izmir between 1926 and 1935 and later also an Inspector General of the Second Inspectorate-General in the Turkish western provinces and involved with the Turkification and resettlement program of the Turkish state. He presented the idea of the "Ideal Republican Village" (Turkish: İdeal Cumhuriyet Köyü).
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December 1881 Bitola, Manastir Vilayet, Ottoman Empire
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3 July 1941 (aged 59) Edirne, Turkey
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