Çapanzade or Çapanoğlu Agah Efendi (1832–1885) was an Ottoman civil servant, writer and newspaper editor who, along with his colleague İbrahim Şinasi, published Tercüman-ı Ahvâl ("Interpreter of Events"), the first private newspaper by Turkish journalists, and introduced postage stamps to the Ottoman Empire.[1]
Çapanoğlu Agah Efendi | |
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 Agah Efendi | |
| Born | 1832 |
| Died | 1885 |
| Occupation(s) | Journalist, writer |
| Family | Çapanoğlu family |
Biography
editAgah Efendi was born in Yozgat and his father's name was Çapanzade Ömer Hulûsi Efendi. He was educated in the Ottoman capital of Constantinople, in the Mekteb-i Tıbbiye-i Şahane.
He is also known as being a member of the Young Ottomans, a reformist secret society that enabled the first introduction of a constitutional system to the Empire, resulting in the short-lived First Constitutional Era.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Agah Efendi". Retrieved 18 August 2016.
External links
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Media related to Agâh Efendi at Wikimedia Commons- Ottoman Empire / Turkey. The “Sultan” Collection of the Tughra Issues (Part I)
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