Çapanoğlu Agah Efendi | |
|---|---|
 Agah Efendi | |
| Born | 1832 |
| Died | 1885 |
| Occupation(s) | Journalist, writer |
| Family | Çapanoğlu 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]
Agah 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.
