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'''Dimitrios Bayraktaris''' (also Bairaktaris) was a [[Greeks|Greek]] military figure of the late [[19th Century]] who made a name for himself as [[Athens]] Chief of Police.

Bayraktaris was born in [[1833]] in [[Agrinio]], present-day [[Aitoloakarnania prefecture]], of [[Souli]]ote ancestry. He volunteered for the army at an early age and reached the rank of Colonel, distinguishing himself during the [[Crete|Cretan]] revolt of [[1866]] and the [[Greco-Turkish War (1897)]].

In [[1893]], PM [[Charilaos Trikoupis]] appointed him Chief of Police of [[Athens]]. Bayraktaris concentrated his efforts on eradicating the trouble-making [[Koutsavakides]] ([[Manges]]) from the Greek capital. His measures were often extreme and includes cutting off the sleeves of their jackets, shaving off their moustaches, cutting off their belts and publically parading and humiliating them in the city's squares.

In [[1896]], he came up with the unusual idea to have the local koutsavakides police foreign pickpockets during the 1896 Olympiad. His idea worked as there was not a single reported incident during the first modern Olympic Games.

Bayraktaris died in [[1900]].

[[Category:1833 births|Bayraktaris, Dimitrios]]
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 In [[1893]], PM [[Charilaos Trikoupis]] appointed him Chief of Police of [[Athens]]. Bayraktaris concentrated his efforts on eradicating the trouble-making [[Koutsavakides]] ([[Manges]]) from the Greek capital. His measures were often extreme and included cutting off the sleeves of their jackets, shaving off their moustaches, cutting off their belts and publically parading and humiliating them in the city's squares.
-In [[1896]], he came up with the unusual idea to have the local koutsavakides police foreign pickpockets during the 1896 Olympiad. His idea worked as there was not a single reported incident during the first modern Olympic Games.
+In [[1896]], he came up with the unusual idea to have the local koutsavakides police foreign pickpockets during the [[1896 Olympiad]]. His idea worked as there was not a single reported incident during the first modern Olympic Games.
 Bayraktaris died in [[1900]].

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 Bayraktaris was born in [[1833]] in [[Agrinio]], present-day [[Aitoloakarnania prefecture]], of [[Souli]]ote ancestry. He volunteered for the army at an early age and reached the rank of Colonel, distinguishing himself during the [[Crete|Cretan]] revolt of [[1866]] and the [[Greco-Turkish War (1897)]].
-In [[1893]], PM [[Charilaos Trikoupis]] appointed him Chief of Police of [[Athens]]. Bayraktaris concentrated his efforts on eradicating the trouble-making [[Koutsavakides]] ([[Manges]]) from the Greek capital. His measures were often extreme and includes cutting off the sleeves of their jackets, shaving off their moustaches, cutting off their belts and publically parading and humiliating them in the city's squares.
+In [[1893]], PM [[Charilaos Trikoupis]] appointed him Chief of Police of [[Athens]]. Bayraktaris concentrated his efforts on eradicating the trouble-making [[Koutsavakides]] ([[Manges]]) from the Greek capital. His measures were often extreme and included cutting off the sleeves of their jackets, shaving off their moustaches, cutting off their belts and publically parading and humiliating them in the city's squares.
 In [[1896]], he came up with the unusual idea to have the local koutsavakides police foreign pickpockets during the 1896 Olympiad. His idea worked as there was not a single reported incident during the first modern Olympic Games.