Kirkor Bezdikyan

Short-lived first parliament was dissolved on 28 June 1877 and the non-Muslim representation for the province was abolished for the second election.

During Bezdikian's mayoralty in Adana, the roads were widened and paved with cobblestone, drainage canals and trenches were opened, more importantly the first municipal regulations were put in effect.

[2] He designed and constructed the first clock tower of the city, Büyük Saat.

Bezdikyan, successor Sinyor Artin and Mangoyan were the three ethnic Armenian mayors of Adana in the late 19th century.

Kirkor was the member of the wealthy Bezdikyan family, who had a 100-hectare farm in İncirlik.