Nikos Kapetanidis

Nikos Kapetanidis (Greek: Νίκος Καπετανίδης, 1889–1921) was a Greek journalist and newspaper publisher. He was one of the notable figures of Pontus region hanged by the Turkish nationalists of Mustafa Kemal.

Nikos Kapetanidis
Born1889
Rize, Ottoman Empire
Died1921
Amasya, Ottoman Empire
NationalityGreek
OccupationJournalist, newspaper publisher

Kapetanidis was born in Rize, in the Pontus region of the Ottoman Empire (in modern Turkey). He attended the Phrontisterion of Trapezous, a Greek middle level school in Trebizond. After graduation, he became one of the most prominent journalists and active members of the local Greek press.[1] Kapetanidis also published his own newspaper Epochi (Season).[1][2] He got also involved in educational issues, supporting the use of vernacular Greek in the local schools. Moreover, he insisted that education shouldn't be controlled by the religious authorities, in particular the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople.[1]

Kapetanidis was hanged in Amasya, in September 1921, by the Turkish nationalists under Mustafa Kemal (later Atatürk)[3] during the Pontic Greek Genocide.[4][5] He was among several other notable figures of the local Greek community hanged there.[5]

References
  1. Photiadis, Kostas. "Οι Περί Γλώσσης Αντιλήψεις του Μητροπολίτη Τραπεζούντας Χρύσανθου Φιλιππίδη και ο Εκπαιδευτικός Δημοτικισμός της Εφημερίδας Εποχή (Τραπεζούντα 1920)" (in Greek). University of Western Macedonia. pp. 1, 7–8. Missing or empty |url= (help)
  2. "Κοινοτική Δράση" (in Greek). Επιτροπή Ποντιακών Μελετών. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
  3. Hofmann, Tessa (2007). Verfolgung, Vertreibung und Vernichtung der Christen im Osmanischen Reich : 1912-1922 (in German) (2. Aufl. ed.). Münster: Lit. ISBN 9783825878238. mit den Unabhagikeits-Gerichten verfolgte Mustafa Kemal ein doppeltes Ziel... translation: with the "Independence Tribunals" Mustafa Kemal reached two goals: first the extermination of the Anatolian Greeks under a legal pretext..."
  4. Koromēla, Marianna (1991). Hoi Hellēnes stē Maurē Thalassa apo tēn epochē tu chalku hōs tis arches tu 20u aiōna (Ellēnikē ekd. ed.). Athēna: Panorama. p. 408. ISBN 9789608514218. ...Nikos Kapetanides, publisher of the newspaper Epochi. He was hanged by the Turks in Amaseia, in 1921.
  5. Vergeti, Maria (1993). "Ethno-Regional Identity: The Case of Pontian Greeks" (in Greek). Panteion University: 107. doi:10.12681/eadd/2548. hdl:10442/hedi/2548. Η καταδίκη σε θάνατο το 1921 από το ειδικό δικαστήριο της Ανεξαρτησίας στην Αμάσεια της πνευματικής και πολιτικής ηγεσίας... Ο εκδότης της κυριότερης των ελληνικών εφημαρίδων του Πόντου, Νίκος Καπετανίδης, translation: An ad-hoc "Independence Tribunal" sentenced to death the spiritual and political leadership of the Pontic Greeks... among them the publisher of the most important Greek newspaper in Trebizond, Epochi. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
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