Koçzadeler[1], Aktarzadeler, Kütükçüzadeler, Müderriszadeler...
Necibe Kadın, the granddaughter of Mustafa bin Salih Baba, who was also the head of the İnayetler branch of the Hacı Bayram lineage, married Koçzade Mehmet Efendi. Mehmet Efendi and Necibe's son, [Hacı] Mustafa Efendi, is the father of Vehbi Koç. Vehbi Koç's wife, Aktarzade Sadberk Hanım, is the daughter of Attarbaşızade Sadullah, who is the son of Attarbaşızade Emin Efendi, who married Necide Kadın, the daughter of Sadullah İzzet from the Müderriszadeler branch of the Hacı Bayram lineage.
The three brothers from the Aktarzadeler family are Sadullah, Hacı Kerim, and Rasim. Sadullah married Nadire, the daughter of Hacı Rıfat from the Kütükçüzadeler family, and Hacı Kerim married Halime, the daughter of Mustafa Kazım from the Çubukçuzadeler family... Sadullah's son Emin married Hüsniye, the daughter of Koçzade Mustafa, and his daughter Sadberk married Vehbi (Koç), meaning two siblings married two siblings, and they are cousins. Sadullah's wife Nadire's sister Fatma (Koç) is the mother of Koçzade Hüsniye and Vehbi.
Dost Bookstore Publications, Ankara, 2005, p. 299:
Suavi Aydın et al., One Face of Asia Minor: Ankara, Dost Bookstore Publications, Ankara, 2005, p. 299
Suavi Aydın vö, Küçük Asya’nın Bir Yüzü: Ankara, Dost Kitabevi Yayınları, Ankara, 2005, s. 299
[1] The Koç Family is an entrepreneurial and philanthropic family that has played a major role in the development of trade and industry in Turkey, starting from the first quarter of the 20th century.
The family's history is rooted in prominent families of Ankara, such as the Koçzade, Kütükçüzade, Aktarzade, and Müderriszade families. The founder of the Koç Family is Vehbi Koç, who established his first company in 1926. Vehbi Koç and Sadberk Koç's children, Semahat Arsel, Rahmi M. Koç, Sevgi Gönül, and Suna Kıraç, continued their father's entrepreneurial and philanthropic approach. This tradition of entrepreneurship and philanthropy continues with the third generation of grandchildren, Mustafa V. Koç, Ömer M. Koç, Ali Y. Koç, and İpek Kıraç, who are involved in the management of Koç Group companies.
NOTES
It is stated that Vehbi Koç, born in Ankara in 1901, came
from a 250-year-old Ankara family on his father's side, Koçzade Mustafa Efendi,
and from a 600-year-old Ankara family on his mother's side, Fatma Hanım, the
daughter of Kütükçüzade Hacı Rıfat Efendi, and that his lineage extends back to
Hacı Bayram-ı Velî.
According to the genealogy presented in Fuat Bayramoğlu's
work "Hacı Bayram-ı Velî: His Life, Lineage, and Foundation" (1983.
Turkish Historical Society Printing House. Volume 1. Pages: 112, 113), the
lineage of Vehbi Koç and his wife Sadberk Koç is connected to Hacı Bayram-ı
Velî as follows:
- SADBERK KOÇ'S GENEALOGY: Hacı Bayram-ı Velî – Sheikh Ahmed
Baba – Sheikh Edhem Baba – Sheikh Tayyib Baba – Sheikh Salih Baba – Tâci Hacı –
Fatma Hatun – Saime Hatun – Müderriszâde Sheikh Mustafa – Abdülkerim Efendi –
Sadullah İzzet – Necib Bey – Sadullah Aktaş – Sadberk Koç.
- VEHBİ KOÇ'S GENEALOGY: Hacı Bayram-ı Velî – Sheikh Ahmed
Baba – Sheikh Edhem Baba – Sheikh Tayyib Baba – Sheikh Salih Baba – Sheikh
Mehmed Baba – Sheikh Ahmed Baba – Sheikh Kasım Baba – Sheikh Tayyib Baba –
Sheikh Ahmed Muhlis Baba – Sheikh Mehmed Tayyib Baba – Sheikh Şemseddin
Bayramoğlu – Sheikh Mustafa Baba – Sheikh Salih Baba – Haydar Baba – Mustafa
Bey – Ahmed Bey – Necibe Hanım – Vehbi Koç.
Mustafa Baba. Mustafa Baba, the grandson of Salih Baba III, who was the son of Mustafa bin Salih Baba II, the head of the Inayetler branch, is the head of a lineage that continues to this day. In particular, his granddaughter Necibe Kadın married Mehmed Efendi, from the prominent Koç family of Ankara, and their son Mustafa Koç is the ancestor of Vehbi Koç, one of Ankara's and Turkey's most famous businessmen. The life story of Vehbi Koç, born in Ankara in 1901, can be found in his autobiography, "Hayat Hikâyem" (My Life Story), published in Istanbul in 1973, and its English translation, "The Autobiography of a Turkish Businessman – My Life Story," published in Istanbul in 1977.
Vehbi Koç's wife, Sadberk Hanım (1908-1973), was the
daughter of Sadullah Aktar, who was the son of Necibe Kadın, daughter of
Sadullah İzzet Efendi (see No. 10 below), from one of the branches of the Hacı
Bayram-ı Veli lineage known as the Müderriszade family, and Emin Efendi from
the Serattar or Attarbaşı family of Ankara. Sadberk Hanım, who took the Koç
surname after marrying Vehbi Koç, has her life story described in the brochure
of the Sadberk Hanım Museum, a private museum established in her name in Büyükdere,
Istanbul, by her daughter Sevgi Gönül, who is responsible for the museum's
management, as follows:
Bernar Nahum and Haim Nahum are not related. Bernar Nahum is
not Haim Nahum's son, nor do they have any family ties. Only their surnames are
the same.
Bernar Nahum, who was born in Istanbul in 1911 to a
Sephardic Jewish family, could not have participated in the peace treaty
negotiations in Lausanne in 1922, as some believe.
In his book "My 44 Years at Koç – The Establishment of
an Automotive Industry" (1988, Milliyet), Bernar Nahum detailed his
partnership with Vehbi Koç. Bernar Nahum is the father of Jan Nahum, who held
senior management positions in companies such as Otokar, Tofaş, Fiat, Petrol
Ofisi, and Karsan, and of businessman Klod Nahum and Michelle Tazartes.
Haim Nahum, who was born on December 23, 1873, in Manisa, as
the son of Bohor Josef Nahum, an employee of the Manisa Municipality, and Kaden
Franko Grasya, died in Cairo in 1960. There is also no evidence that Haim Nahum
stole the gold of the Ottoman Bank.
Murat Bardakçı asked Haim Nahum and his son Jojo Nahum, whom
he met, "Do you know who Mustafa Koç's 20th-generation ancestor is? Hacı
Bayram-ı Velî!" In his article dated January 25, 2016, he mentioned the following:
“Chief Rabbi Haim Nahum was not a Zionist; on the contrary, he was an anti-Zionist, and almost everyone who seriously studies the recent history of Turkey knows this! Because Nahum Effendi was among the leading figures who opposed the efforts to establish a Jewish state in Palestine, he was considered an enemy by the Zionists, and everything possible was done to undermine him. The publications of the societies the Chief Rabbi established to combat Zionism and the numerous writings he produced are readily available, but why would these pathetic individuals, who first believe their own lies and serve no purpose other than sowing seeds of enmity, bother to read them while they can make baseless claims and parade around as "masters"?
The reason why Nahum Effendi, one of the leading figures of anti-Zionism, was present at Lausanne as an "unofficial" advisor was not his alleged but non-existent Zionism, but rather his support for the National Struggle, his extensive network in Europe, and his excellent command of French.”
“I met Jojo Nahum, the real son of Chief Rabbi Haim Nahum,
who was subjected to the lie that he was the father of Vehbi Koç and his
partner Bernar Nahum, years ago in Paris. Mr. Jojo, who is now deceased, was
not a French or Jewish gentleman, but an Ottoman gentleman, and he possessed
the complete, unpublished text of his father's memoirs, written in French.
Hopefully, these memoirs, which are very important for the last years of the
Empire, will be published one day…”
