Emmanuel Karasu
Emmanuel Carasso (* 1862 in Thessaloniki , † 1934 in Trieste ; also written Karasu , Karaso or Karasso ) was a lawyer and politician of Sephardic - Jewish origin in the Ottoman Empire . According to the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of Turkey , Carasso was a Freemason .
Life
Emmanuel Carasso, uncle of Danone's founder Isaac Carasso , was born in 1862 in Thessaloniki, which at that time belonged to the Ottoman Empire. Carasso came from an old line of Sephardic Jews. He taught criminology at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and was one of the founders of the Young Turkish movement, to which he gave considerable financial support.
After the Young Turks came to power in 1908, Carasso became a member of the Ottoman Parliament for Thessaloniki and headed the delegation that announced his dismissal in 1909 for Sultan Abdülhamid II . In 1912 he was a member of the parliamentary commission negotiating the Treaty of Ouchy , with which Italy and Turkey made peace after the Italo-Turkish War .
During the First World War , Carasso was an advisor to the Ottoman government and, in recognition of his services, received export licenses for the export of Turkish products to Germany , which made him a significant fortune.
When Kemal Ataturk came to power in 1923, Carasso fell out of favor; his property was confiscated. He left Turkey and spent the last years of his life in Trieste, where he died in 1934.
supporting documents
- ^ The history of Freemasonry in Turkey. ( Memento from May 20, 2006 in the Internet Archive )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Karasu, Emmanuel |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Carasso, Emmanuel; Karaso, Emmanuel; Karasso, Emmanuel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Turkish lawyer and politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1862 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Thessaloniki |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1934 |
| Place of death | Trieste |