 Mehmet Şamil Bey

Mehmet Şamil Bey (born Osman Paşazade Mehmet Şamil, Mehmet Şamil Şhaplı following "Surname Law"; 1891 – 2 February 1957), was a Turkish diplomat, journalist and sports executive, who was one of 22 founding members and first president of Turkish sports club Beşiktaş J.K.. His presidency lasted 5 years between 1903 and 1908.Şhaplı, of Circassian descent, was born as Osman Paşazade Mehmet Şamil in 1981 in Medina, Ottoman Empire (today's Saudi Arabia), as the eldest of 11 siblings of and Emire Nefiset Hanım.