Abstract:

Şükrü Kaya served as the Minister of Internal Affairs from 1927 to the end of 1938 and he conducted very important works. In this study, Şükrü Kaya's investigative tour to the Eastern and Southern regions in 1931 and its results were discussed. The Dersim and Smuggling Reports prepared after the visit was taken seriously by the Government and the recommendations in the reports were immediately put into the implementation phase. In line with the recommendations in the reports, the Tunceli reform program was initiated in 1935, and Smuggling Law, No 1918, was enacted. Şükrü Kaya has been a follower of this reform program and the issue of smuggling during his duty as the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Şükrü Kaya was very effective in the successful continuation of the program and the decrease in smuggling during that period. Archive documents, newspapers of the period, and other sources were used in the study.