Mehmet Rifat Börekçi

Mehmet Rifat Börekçi was a Turkish Islamic scholar and politician who served as the first president of the Presidency of Religious Affairs from 1924 to 1941. He also served as a member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey in the first parliament following the establishment of the Republic of Turkey. However, he resigned as a member of parliament after six months on 27 October 1920 and preferred his duties as a mufti.