Fahrettin Kerim Gökay (January 9, 1900 – July 22, 1987) was a Turkish politician, civil servant, professor ordinarius and physician.
[1] He introduced price controls on staple foods in Istanbul to protect low-income residents.
[3] During his term of office, he was nicknamed "Küçük Vali" (literally English: Little Governor) for his small height,[1] and was a favorite figure depicted in cartoons as such.
He was blamed for his passive behavior during the Istanbul riots on September 6–7 in 1955, and was tried before the military tribunal on Yassıada after the 1960 coup d'état.
[1][2][3] In the 1961 general election, Gökay entered politics, running for a seat in the parliament from the New Turkey Party and became deputy of Istanbul.