Fahri Batıca Explained

Office:Mayor of Bursa
Fahri Batıca
Predecessor:Edip Rüştü Akyürek
Successor:Ferit Akçor
Party:Republican People's Party
Profession:Trader, industrialist, business person, politician
Nationality:Turkish
Birth Place:Beypazarı
Birth Date:1906
Death Date:1973
Death Place:Bursa

Fahri Batıca (1906, Beypazarı – 1973, Bursa) was a Turkish trader, industrialist and politician.

He dealt with the cocoon, silk, silk-fabric weaving and coal trade in Bursa. He was the Mayor of Bursa between 1946 and 1950.

Life and career

He was born in 1906 in Beypazarı. After completing his secondary education in Ankara, he attended Ziraat Bank courses. After working at Ziraat Bank Adapazarı branch for a while, he continued his business life as an accountant at Adapazarı Security Fund.[1] [2] He established the Bursa branch of the fund.

In 1935 he quit accounting and started to work as a sericulture.[1] Batıca, who also took part in the management staff of the CHP, was elected as the Mayor of Bursa in 1946.[3] [4] He served as mayor until 1950.[5] [6]

He was the president of Acar İdman Yurdu. He founded Bursa Rotary Club.[1] [6]

He died in Bursa in 1973.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: BATICA, Fahri bgc.org.tr . https://web.archive.org/web/20200221162045/http://bgc.org.tr/ansiklopedi/batica-fahri.html . 21 February 2020 . 25 October 2021 . bgc.org.tr.
  2. Book: Ayin Tarihi . 1940 . California University . 25 October 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211025160504/https://books.google.com.tr/books?id=5TUyAQAAIAAJ&q=fahri+bat%C4%B1ca&dq=fahri+bat%C4%B1ca&hl=tr&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjP7c-8mOXzAhX5QfEDHTAYC5UQ6AF6BAgLEAI . 25 October 2021.
  3. Web site: Eski Başkanlar . https://web.archive.org/web/20211025160719/https://www.bursa.bel.tr/sayfa/eski-baskanlar-328 . 25 October 2021 . 25 October 2021 . www.bursa.bel.tr.
  4. 2012 . Bursa Yerelinde Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi . Doktora Tezi / Uludağ Üniversitesi . Fevzi Çakmak . https://web.archive.org/web/20211025160654/https://acikerisim.uludag.edu.tr/bitstream/11452/2175/1/319602.pdf . 25 October 2021 . 25 October 2021.
  5. Book: Büyük Bursa tarihi antolojisi . 1999 . Hat matbaası . Turkish . 25 October 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211025211155/https://books.google.com.tr/books?id=KlJtAAAAMAAJ&q=fahri+bat%C4%B1ca&dq=fahri+bat%C4%B1ca&hl=tr&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjP7c-8mOXzAhX5QfEDHTAYC5UQ6AF6BAgIEAI . 25 October 2021.
  6. Web site: 15 June 2015 . 60 Yıl Önce Bursa Zenginleri . https://web.archive.org/web/20170310010848/https://www.bursa.com/makale/60-yil-once-bursa-zenginleri-202/ . 10 March 2017 . 25 October 2021 . Raif Kaplanoğlu . Bursa.com /.