Yanko (Ioannis) Vithynos[1] was an Ottoman Greek statesman, who was the Ottoman-appointed Prince of Samos from 1904 to 1906.

[2] and completed his education at the Great National School (Megalē tou Genous scholē).

[1] He, with Konstantinos Photiades,[2] co-translated the Mecelle into Greek, and he also wrote his commentary on the Ottoman Commercial Code (Ticaret Kanunnamesi).

[1] In addition he served in the Ottoman Ministry of Justice and the Constantinople tribunal de première instance, as the director of criminal investigations and as a judge, respectively.

[citation needed] Then elections came and the two parties competed with each other in violence, mischief and illegal agitation.