Founding family · Karabağlar tribe
Özşahines
Korean War + longest-serving muhtar
The Özşahines family produced two of Mesudiye's most documented modern figures: Korean War veteran Ömer Özşahines (one of 234 Turkish prisoners from a 21,000-man brigade) and Cengiz Özşahines, the longest-serving muhtar in village history (1999-2019, 20 years). The surname itself preserves the Rumeli "-es" patronymic — a Balkan-Turkish trace surviving 300 years of migration.
Key facts
- Ömer Özşahines (1929-2003) — Korean War veteran, ~3 years POW
- Cengiz Özşahines (muhtar 1999-2019) — village record 20 years
- Sezgin Özşahines (1973-) — drip irrigation pioneer
- Name etymology: "Öz" (pure) + "Şahin" (falcon) + Rumeli "-es"
- Dual registration: both İslihisar and Mesudiye nüfus records
Related pages
- • Turkish version of this family page (photos and oral-history detail)
- • All 54 founding families
- • Deutsche Version