Agah Efendi

Çapanoğlu Agah Efendi
Agah Efendi
Born1832
Died1885
Occupation(s)Journalist, writer
FamilyÇapanoğlu family

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]

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