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Ali Kemal

Ali Kemal (7 September 1869 – 6 November 1922) was a Turkish journalist, politician and writer. Ideologically a Turkish liberal, he was Minister of the Interior for some three months in the government of Damat Ferid Pasha, the Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire. In the weeks following the Turkish victory in the Greco-Turkish War, he was lynched by Nureddin Pasha's paramilitary officers for his opposition to the Turkish National Movement.

Kemal is the father of Zeki Kuneralp, who was the former Turkish ambassador in Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and Spain. In addition, he is the paternal grandfather of both the Turkish diplomat Selim Kuneralp, and the British politician Stanley Johnson. Through Johnson, Ali Kemal is the great-grandfather of former British prime minister Boris Johnson. Provided by Wikipedia