Georgios Kourtoglou (Greek: Γεώργιος Κούρτογλου; Turkish: Yorgaki Kurtoğlu Efendi also known as Yorgaki Efendi;[1] born 1856, Nigde), was an Ottoman Greek political, legal, and social activist, and a governor in the late Ottoman Empire. He was elected to be part of the new Ottoman parliament in 1908, after the Young Turk Revolution. He was elected deputy of Niğde in the Konya Vilayet.[2][3]
Biography
Georgios Kourtoglou was born in Niğde in 1856 to a Cappadocian Greek family.[1] During his lifetime he held high ranking administrative offices in the Ottoman Empire including deputy of Niğde in Cappadocia, a position which he held from 1908 until 1912.[4][5]
References
^ abGüneş, İhsan (1997). Türk parlamento tarihi: Meşrutiyete geçiş süreci I. ve II. Meşrutiyet, Volume 2. Türkiye Büyük Millet Meclisi Vakfı. p. 441. ISBN9789757291152. YORGAKI EFENDI Yorgaki Efendi, 1856'da Niğde'de dünyaya gelmiştir. Kurtoğlu'nun oğludur. Rum mektebini bitirmiştir. Liva idare meclisi üyesi iken, 25 Kasım 1908'de 38 oy alarak Niğde'den mebus seçilmiştir
^Kansu, Aykut (1997). The Revolution of 1908 in Turkey. BRILL. p. 268. ISBN9789004107915. Niğde … Yorgaki Kurtoglu I147
^Ocak, Ahmet Yaşar (1998). Toplumsal tarih, Issue 10. Türkiye Ekonomik ve Toplumsal Tarih Vakfı. p. 56. Konya: Y. Kurtoğlu [Yorgaki Efendi]
^Charakopoulos, Maximos (2003). Rōmioi tēs Kappadokias: apo ta vathē tēs Anatolēs sto thessaliko kampo : hē traumatikē ensōmatōsē stē mētera patrida. Hellēnika Grammata. p. 46. ISBN9789604065790. Εν Νίγδη υποψήφιος εμπιστοσύνης ημών είναι Κούρτογλου, ελεύθερος να κανονίσει ενεργείας του προς επιτυχίαν αυτού ή και δευτέρου Έλληνος ως θέλει κρίνη προσφορώτερον. Ανακοινώσατε τούτο εμπιστευτικώς Μητροπολίτη Ικονίου.
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