Agah Efendi

Çapanoğlu Agah Efendi
Agah Efendi
BornMarch 31, 1832
DiedJanuary 2, 1886(1886-01-02) (aged 53)
Occupation(s)Journalist, writer
FamilyÇapanoğlu family

Çapanzade or Çapanoğlu Agah Efendi (March 31, 1832 – January 2, 1886) was an Ottoman Turkish 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.