Mehmed Cavid Bey (Meḥmed Cāvīd Beğ) was born in Selanik (present-day Thessaloniki in Greece), in 1292/1875, to a merchant family. After graduating from the Mekteb-i Mülkiye-i Şahane (Mekteb-i Mülkīye Şāhāne, Imperial Civil Service School) in Istanbul, he began working for Ziraat…
