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from the Turković Kutjevski family.

Biography

After gymnasium in Rakovec, Turković attended the Trade Academy in

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. Even as a young man, he had a managing role in his father's forest business. In 1882, Turković permanently settled in

and continued his work on wooden products, the wood industry and building a family business. According to tradition, he entered his father's business at the end of the 1870s. In 1886, Turković managed the family business with his younger brother

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, devoting himself mainly to exploiting

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trees and planting extensive

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.{{cite web , title=Turković, Petar Dragan , url=https://www.enciklopedija.hr/clanak/turkovic-petar-dragan , website=enciklopedija.hr , access-date=7 March 2023 {{In lang, hr{{cite book , last1=Puljić , first1=Matej , title=Obitelj Turković kao privredni čimbenik razvoja i modernizacije požeške kotline , date=2021 , publisher=

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, location=Zagreb , url=https://repozitorij.ffzg.unizg.hr/islandora/object/ffzg%3A3891/datastream/PDF/view , access-date=7 March 2023 {{In lang, hr In 1894, Turković moved to

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to deal with the administrative affairs of the Turković family estate. In addition, he had other essential roles in Zagreb. He was a member of the board of directors of the Zagreb Plinara ({{Translation, Zagreb Gas Plant) and Tvornica kože ({{Translation, Leather Factory), and the president of brewery

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and of the Croatian Discount Bank. Turković was the founder of Zagrebačka pivovara together with Count Gustav Pongratz. His career peaked when he became the grand prefect of

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, where he was from 1906 to 1907.{{cite web , title=HR-DAZG-1006 Obitelj Turković , url=https://www.daz.hr/vodic/site/article/hr-dazg-1006-obitelj-turkovic , website=daz.hr , access-date=7 March 2023 {{In lang, hr In 1911, he and his brother Milan were made

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s by the Austrian Emperor

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. Three years after his death, his sons founded the Turković Brothers Bank. The bank went liquidated after

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. Also, the Peter Dragan Baron Turković Foundation went established by his son Vladimir in his name and on his brother's behalf under the patronage of

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Family

Turković's wife was Marina Maja,

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Tulić. They had three sons; Vladimir (born 1878), Davorin (b. 1883), and Velimir (b. 1894). His great-grandson is a clinical psychologist, Petar Turković, and his great-great-granddaughter is a singer-songwriter, Nika Turković.{{cite web , title=Propada paviljon koji su gradu Zagrebu poklonili svjetski poznati voćari: 'Tu piju pa ga razvale' , url=https://www.jutarnji.hr/vijesti/zagreb/propada-paviljon-koji-su-gradu-zagrebu-poklonili-svjetski-poznati-vocari-tu-piju-pa-ga-razvale-15112711 , website=

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, date=24 October 2021 , access-date=19 March 2023 {{In lang, hr

Legacy

*Draganlug, a village in the Čaglin Municipality, was named after Turković.

References

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