Ayetullah Bey

Şevkipaşazade Ayetullah Bey (; 1888–1919), was an Ottoman footballer of Circassian descent.

Biography

Ayetullah Bey became the first secretary general when he was just 22. In addition, he served the club as a goalkeeper and defender. Ayetullah Bey, graduated from Lycée Saint-Joseph. Of Circassian origin, he descended from the Ubykh-Kabardian tribes and the "Anzork" (Андзорыкъу) family. According to Fenerbahçe congress member and a family friend of Ayetullah Bey's sister, the family was of Circassian origin and had served as bureucrats for the Ottoman Empire.

Ayetullah Bey's father was Şevki Pasha, a brigadier general in the Ottoman Army. Ayetullah Bey was known as "Şevkipaşazade", literally meaning "Shevki Pasha's son". After graduating from Lycée Saint-Joseph he started to work as a civil servant in the Ottoman Bank. He then resigned and founded a company that sells water. He was a member of the first squads of Fenerbahçe, playing as the goalkeeper. Later, he also served the club as a president. He died in 1919 in Istanbul. He was buried in Karacaahmet Cemetery, Istanbul.