Fâik Âli Ozansoy

Faik Ali Ozansoy (10 March 1876 – 1 October 1950) was a Turkish politician, poet, and educator. He was the younger brother of Süleyman Nazif, an eminent man of letters and prominent member of the Committee for Union and Progress. Faik Ali was one of the foremost poets and writers of the Servet-i Fünun and Fecr-i Âti literary period. During World War I, Ozansoy served as the governor of Kütahya. Ozansoy is especially known for having saved the lives of thousands of Armenians during the Armenian genocide. Due to protecting the life of Armenian Christians, Ozansoy was known as the "governor of the infidels" by his contemporaries. When orders of deportations reached Ozansoy, he refused to carry them out. His brother, Suleyman Nazif, insisted in a letter that he not "participate in this event, watch out for our family's honor."

Faik Ali asked the Armenians, "why don't the Armenians open a school and serve their community that way?" The Armenians replied, "because we don't know how long we will remain here due to the deportations." "Oh, what's that supposed to mean?" he replied with a slight smile. Two days later, he appealed to the religious council to have a school opened and assigned me as principal. — Written in the memoirs of Stepan Stepanyan The funds were used to establish a soup kitchen and a school. He served as an undersecretary for the Interior Ministry from 1930 to 1932.

Literary work and journalism Some of Ozansoy's notable poems include: Fani Teselliler (1908) Temasil (1912) Elhan-ı Vatan (1915)

He was among the contributors of Mehâsin, a women's magazine which was started in the aftermath of the Young Turk Revolution in 1908.