Ahmet Fetgeri Aşeni Explained

Ahmet Fetgeri Aşeni
Birth Date:1886
Birth Place:Sakarya Province, Ottoman Empire
Death Date:1966
Death Place:Kocaeli, Turkey
Nationality:Turkish

Ahmet Fetgeri Aşeni (1886–1966) was a Turkish navy officer, sports official and politician during the Atatürk era. He was also one of the founding members of Beşiktaş JK, which he also served as a president.[1] [2]

Life

He served as the president of the Turkish Wrestling Federation and the Turkish Athletics Federation. He graduated from the MSU Naval Academy, which is today the faculty of Istanbul Technical University. Ahmet Fetgeri's brother Mehmet Ali Fetgeri was a gymnast and weightlifter, and his daughter Suat Fetgeri was a fencing athlete.

Legacy

The Ahmet Fetgeri Sports Hall, located in the Fulya neighborhood of Istanbul's Şişli district and bearing his name, continued to exist from 1985 until 2005.

19 May Commemoration of Atatürk, Youth and Sports Day was enacted with the permission of the Eternal Chief Atatürk after Ahmet Fetgeri Bey's proposal was accepted on the dais on a day when the dignitaries of the Turkish Sports Organization gathered for the Sports Congress.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Biyografi: Ahmet Fetgeri Aşeni. www.biyografi.info.
  2. Web site: Ahmet Fetgeri Aşeni kimdir?. Who is Ahmet Fetgeri Aşeni?. Yeni Akit. 2020-11-20.