Ali Kemal

Ali Kemal Bey
Minister of the Interior
In office 4 March 1919 – 20 June 1919
Monarch	Mehmed VI
Prime Minister	Damat Ferid Pasha
Preceded by	Mehmed Ali Bey
Succeeded by	Adil Bey
Personal details
Born	7 September 1869 Istanbul, Ottoman Empire
Died	6 November 1922(1922-11-06) (aged 53) İzmit, Ottoman Empire
Resting place	İzmit, Turkey[1]
Nationality	Turkish
Political party	Freedom and Accord Party Liberty Party
Spouses	Winifred Brun Sabiha Hanım
Children	4, including Wilfred Johnson
Relatives	Stanley Johnson (grandson) Boris, Rachel, Jo & Julia (great grandchildren)
Occupation	Journalist Newspaper editor Poet Politician Government official

Ali Kemal Bey (7 September 1869 – 6 November 1922) was a Turkish journalist, writer, poet, and liberal politician. He was Minister of the Interior for some three months in the government of Damat Ferid Pasha, the Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire. He was murdered by paramilitary officers during the Turkish War of Independence.

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 and his siblings.