Recep Peker Recep Peker Mehmet Recep Peker (5 February 1889 – 1 April 1950) was a Turkish military officer and politician. He served in various ministerial posts and finally as the Prime Minister of Turkey. Born in Constantinople on 5 February 1889, his father was named Mustafa and was of Circassian descent, migrated to Anatolia from the Dagestan region of the Caucasus. He was Lezgi. He studied at the Military College following his graduation from the Kuleli Military High School, where he enrolled after completing his primary and secondary education at Koca Mustafa Pasha Primary School and Military Middle School. After finishing
Turgut Alp settlement was declared a seat of township. Major economic sector of the town is agriculture. The main crops are tobacco, cotton, olive, tomato and wheat. Some town residents work in the power plant and coal mine of Soma. In the TV series , which is broadcast on Turkey's state television channel TRT 1, Turgut Alp is portrayed by Turkish actor Cengiz Coşkun. Turgut Alp Turgut Alp was one of the early Gazis of the Ottoman Empire. He was also close friend of Ertuğrul Gazi and his son Osman Gazi. His tomb is located in the cemetery of Turgut Alp (Genci)