Prens Sabahaddin

Prence Sabahaddin (born Sultanzade Sabahaddin Bey; 1877, İstanbul—1948, Neuchâtel, Switzerland) was an Ottoman sociologist and thinker. As a follower of Émile Durkheim, Prens Sabahaddin is considered to be one of the founders of sociology in Turkey. He established the Private Enterprise and Decentralization Association (Teşebbüsü Şahsî ve Ademi Merkeziyet Cemiyeti in Turkish) in 1906.