Hasan Fehmi
Bey
Bey ( ota, بك, beğ, script=Arab, tr, bey, az, bəy, tk, beg, uz, бек, kz, би/бек, tt-Cyrl, бәк, translit=bäk, cjs, пий/пек, sq, beu/bej, sh, beg, fa, بیگ, beyg/, tg, бек, ar, بك, bak, gr, μπέης) is ...
(1874 – April 6, 1909) was an
Ottoman journalist, who was the editor-in-chief of ''
Serbestî
''Serbestî'' ( Ottoman Turkish for "Liberty") was an Ottoman newspaper. It was founded in 1908 by Mevlanzade Rifat Bey, who in 1924 would become one of the 150 ''personae non gratae'' of the newly established Republic of Turkey. Because the pa ...
'', an Ottoman newspaper owned by
Mevlanzade Rifat Bey
Mevlanzade Rifat Bey (1869 in Constantinople – 1930 in Aleppo), was an Ottoman-Kurdish journalist and poet, his family originated from Süleymaniye and were decedents of Khâlid-i Shahrazuri.
Early life and family
Mevlanzade's grandfather wa ...
, in which he wrote articles against the newly emerging
Committee of Union and Progress. He was murdered by unidentified assailants on the evening of April 6, 1909, as he was crossing the
Galata Bridge in
Istanbul
Istanbul ( , ; tr, İstanbul ), formerly known as Constantinople ( grc-gre, Κωνσταντινούπολις; la, Constantinopolis), is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, serving as the country's economic, ...
.
Hasan Fehmi Bey was born to an ethnic Albanian family. He was buried at the tomb (''
türbe
''Türbe'' is the Turkish word for "tomb". In Istanbul it is often used to refer to the mausolea of the Ottoman sultans and other nobles and notables.
The word is derived from the Arabic ''turbah'' (meaning ''"soil/ground/earth"''), which ...
'') of Sultan
Mahmud II
Mahmud II ( ota, محمود ثانى, Maḥmûd-u s̠ânî, tr, II. Mahmud; 20 July 1785 – 1 July 1839) was the 30th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1808 until his death in 1839.
His reign is recognized for the extensive administrative, ...
on Divan Yolu Caddesi in Istanbul.
1909 deaths
Assassinated journalists from the Ottoman Empire
1874 births
19th-century journalists from the Ottoman Empire
20th-century journalists from the Ottoman Empire
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