Petar Dragan Turković

Not to be confused with Petar Turković.
Petar Dragan Turković
Baron of Kutjevo
Born(1855-04-04)4 April 1855
Karlovac, Kingdom of Croatia, Austrian Empire
Died2 April 1916(1916-04-02) (aged 60)
Kutjevo, Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia, Austria-Hungary
Noble familyTurković of Kutjevo
FatherVjenceslav Turković
Occupation

Petar Dragan Turković (also credited as Petar Dragutin; 4 April 1855 – 2 April 1916), titled Baron Petar Dragan Turković of Kutjevo, was a Croatian businessman and nobleman from the Turković Kutjevski family.

Biography

After gymnasium in Rakovec, Turković attended the Trade Academy in Trieste. Even as a young man, he had a managing role in his father's forest business. In 1882, Turković permanently settled in Kutjevo and continued his work on wooden products, the wood industry and building a family business. According to tradition, he entered his father's business at the end of the 1870s. In 1886, Turković managed the family business with his younger brother Milan, devoting himself mainly to exploiting oak trees and planting extensive vineyards, orchards and tobacco.[1][2]

In 1894, Turković moved to Zagreb to deal with the administrative affairs of the Turković family estate. In addition, he had other essential roles in Zagreb. He was a member of the board of directors of the Zagreb Plinara (transl. Zagreb Gas Plant) and Tvornica kože (transl. Leather Factory), and the president of brewery Zagrebačka pivovara and of the Croatian Discount Bank. Turković was the founder of Zagrebačka pivovara together with Count Gustav Pongratz.[3][4] His career peaked when he became the grand prefect of Zagreb County, where he was from 1906 to 1907.[2][5] In 1911, he and his brother Milan were made barons by the Austrian Emperor Franz Joseph I.[1]

Three years after his death, his sons founded the Turković Brothers Bank. The bank went liquidated after World War II.[6] Also, the Peter Dragan Baron Turković Foundation went established by his son Vladimir in his name and on his brother's behalf under the patronage of Matica hrvatska.[7]

Family

Turković's wife was Marina Maja, née Tulić. They had three sons; Vladimir (born 1878), Davorin (b. 1883), and Velimir (b. 1894).[5] His great-grandson is a clinical psychologist, Petar Turković, and his great-great-granddaughter is a singer-songwriter, Nika Turković.[8]

Legacy

  • Draganlug, a village in the Čaglin Municipality, was named after Turković.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b "Turković, Petar Dragan". enciklopedija.hr. Retrieved 7 March 2023. (in Croatian)
  2. ^ a b c Puljić, Matej (2021). Obitelj Turković kao privredni čimbenik razvoja i modernizacije požeške kotline. Zagreb: University of Zagreb. Retrieved 7 March 2023. (in Croatian)
  3. ^ "O Pivovari". poslovni.hr. Retrieved 7 March 2023. (in Croatian)
  4. ^ Kolar-Dimitrijević, Mira (1992). Presjek kroz rad Zagrebačke pivovare d.d. do 1945. godine. Zagreb. Retrieved 7 March 2023.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) (in Croatian)
  5. ^ a b "HR-DAZG-1006 Obitelj Turković". daz.hr. Retrieved 7 March 2023. (in Croatian)
  6. ^ Lajnert, Siniša. Banka Braće Turković d.d. Zagreb (1919-1948). Hrvatski državni arhiv. (in Croatian)
  7. ^ "Mecene i dobrotvori Matice hrvatske". matica.hr. Retrieved 7 March 2023. (in Croatian)
  8. ^ "Propada paviljon koji su gradu Zagrebu poklonili svjetski poznati voćari: 'Tu piju pa ga razvale'". Jutarnji list. 24 October 2021. Retrieved 19 March 2023. (in Croatian)