Efkleidis Kourtidis (Pontic: Ευκλείδης Κουρτίδης; 1885–1937) was a Greek resistance leader of Pontos.
[2] Kourtidis was the head of Greek guerrilla forces based in the town of Santa (Dumanlı), Pontos, that resisted Turkish bands.
Kourtidis' struggle with the Turkish army was prolonged; his guerrillas refused to come down from the mountains.
However, he was still able to send messages to people outside of Sanda, including the Metropolitan of Rodopolis.
The statue also bears the names of 141 known Greek genocide victims from Sanda.