Şefik Kamil Efes
Şefik Kamil Efes (1899, Ereğli, Zonguldak – 1988, Ereğli, Zonguldak), Turkish banker and businessperson. He is the founder of Efesbank, the first domestic and private bank of the city of Zonguldak in Turki.
Life and career
[edit]He was born in Eregli in 1899. It is said that he is the descendant of a janissary lord who escaped from Istanbul during the reign of Mahmud II and settled in the Ortaca village of Ereğli.[1] His grandfather Hüseyin Kamil Efendi and his father Tevfik Efes were judges.
After completing his high school education, Şefik Kamil started his business life as a manager in his uncle's mines in Kandilli. After working as a baker for a while, he worked in the sales of mine poles, the supply of sleepers for the railways under construction and construction. Together with his wife, Hilmiye Hanım, he established a company to undertake all kinds of commitments of mine poles, forest commitments, government and institutions, and to buy and sell all kinds of commercial commodities.[2] When he had problems with getting a letter of guarantee, he decided to establish a bank in Zonguldak, like many private-local banks established in Anatolia at that time. In 1932, he established a loan bank called "Help Bank". Due to his interest in archeology, he chose the name of the ancient city of Ephesus as his surname when the Surname Law was enacted.[1]
In 1937, the name of the bank was changed to Efesbank.[3][4][5] He liquidated Efes Bank in 1972 and quit trading. He died in Ereğli, Zonguldak in 1988 due to health problems he experienced.
Bibliography
[edit]- Son asir Türk tarihinin önemli olaylari ile birlikde yeni mülkiye târihi ve mülkiyeliler, Siyasal Bilgiler Fakültesi, 1969, Michigan Üniversitesi.
- Yeni Mülkiye târihi ve mülkiyeliler (Mülkiye şeref kitabı): cild. Mülkiye Mektebi, Siyasal Bilgiler Okulu meʼzunları, 1924–1949, Ankara Üniversitesi. Siyasal Bilgiler Fakültesi, S.B.F., 1969.
- Artık herkes milyoner: Hürriyet sayfalarından ekonominin 50 yılı, Ercan Kumcu, Şevket Pamuk, Doğan Kitap, 2001, Michigan Üniversitesi.
- Atatürk Döneminde Türkiye Ekonomisi Semineri. İstanbul: Yapı ve Kredi Bankası, 1982.
- Zonguldak 1973 il yıllığı, Sulhi Garan Matbaası, 1973.
- İşlevi-gelişimi-özellikleri ve sorunlarıyla Türkiye'de bankacılık, Tuncay Artun, Tekin Yayınevi, 1980.
- 100 soruda Türkiye'de bankacılık, Öztin Akgüç, Gerçek Yayınevi, 1987.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Yüce, Mustafa (15 November 2018). "Zonguldak'ın İlk Özel Bankacısı ŞEFİK KÂMİL EFES". Halkın Sesi Gazetesi. Archived from the original on 24 April 2020. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
- ^ Kaya, Ali (13 November 2014). "Zonguldak'ın ilk özel bankası: Efes Bank". Pusula Gazetesi. Archived from the original on 24 April 2020. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
- ^ Kumcu, Ercan; Pamuk, Şevket (2001). Artık herkes milyoner: Hürriyet sayfalarından ekonominin 50 yılı (in Turkish). Doğan Kitap. ISBN 978-975-6612-62-0. Archived from the original on 2022-03-13. Retrieved 2021-12-08.
- ^ Rand McNally Bankers Directory. Rand McNally. 1953. Archived from the original on 2022-03-13. Retrieved 2021-12-08.
- ^ ZHABER. "Zonguldak'ta Eser Bırakmış Bir Mimar Cebe Kamil Aliimamoğlu - Z Haber". Z Haber (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 2021-12-05. Retrieved 2021-12-05.