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Hasan Fehmi (journalist)
Hasan Fehmi Bey (1874 – April 6, 1909) was an Ottoman journalist, who was the editor-in-chief of '' Serbestî'', an Ottoman newspaper owned by Mevlanzade Rifat Bey, in which he wrote articles against the newly emerging Committee of Union and Progress (CUP). ''Serbestî'' was an anti-CUP daily newspaper owned by the brother of the sultan. In March 1909, the paper published a series of articles critical of the CUP. On April 6, 1909, Fehmi was murdered by unidentified assailants as he was crossing the Galata Bridge in Istanbul with his friend Şakir Bey, a deposed subgovernor. Şakir survived his injuries. On April 8, the front page of ''Serbestî'' contained a single line invoking the Al-Fatiha for Fehmi's soul. The situation in Constantinople deteriorated rapidly. The opposing Liberal Party accused the CUP of having Fehmi murdered; others claimed the real perpetrator was from the palace. The ''Volkan'' daily newspaper openly accused the CUP of being responsible for Fehmi's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serbestî
''Serbestî'' (Ottoman Turkish for "Liberty") was an Ottoman newspaper. It was founded in 1908 by Mevlanzade Rifat Bey, who in 1924 would become one of the 150 ''personae non gratae'' of the newly established Republic of Turkey, because the paper and its founder had an oppositional and hostile stance to the independence movement led by Mustafa Kemal. The paper opposed the progressive Committee of Union and Progress (CUP), which was coming into power at the time of its founding. The editor-in-chief of ''Serbestî'', Hasan Fehmi Bey, was murdered on 6 April 1909 by unknown assailants. Following this incident Mevlanzade Rifat Bey left Istanbul and settled in Paris Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of France. With an estimated population of 2,048,472 residents in January 2025 in an area of more than , Paris is the List of ci ... where he published ''Serbestî'' for a short period. Next he went to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zeki Bey
Zeki as Turkish masculine name and may refer to: * Zeki Akar (born 1944), Turkish judge * Zeki Alasya (1943-2015), Turkish actor * Zeki Demir (born 1982), Turkish karateka * Zeki Demirkubuz (born 1964), Turkish film director * Zeki Gülay (born 1972), Turkish basketball player * Zeki Kuneralp (1914–1998), Turkish diplomat * Zeki Müren (1931–1996), Turkish singer * Zeki Ökten (1941–2009), Turkish film director * Zeki Önder Özen (born 1969), Turkish footballer * Zeki Pasha (1862-1943), Ottoman Turkish field marshal * Zeki Rıza Sporel, (1898–1969), Turkish footballer * Zeki Sezer, Turkish politician * Zeki Üngör (1880–1958), Turkish composer * Zeki Velidi Togan (1890-1970), Turkologist and historian of Bashkir origin * Zeki Yavru (born 1991), Turkish footballer As a surname: * Semir Zeki, neuroscientist As a nickname: * Salih Zeki, mathematician See also * Zaki Zaki () is an Arabic male name and surname. Zaki is a Quranic name meaning "pure", "virtuous", or "in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1874 Births
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Assassinated Journalists From The Ottoman Empire
Assassination is the willful killing, by a sudden, secret, or planned attack, of a personespecially if prominent or important. It may be prompted by political, ideological, religious, financial, or military motives. Assassinations are ordered by both individuals and organizations, and are carried out by their accomplices. Acts of assassination have been performed since ancient times. A person who carries out an assassination is called an assassin. Etymology ''Assassin'' comes from the Italian and French Assissini, believed to derive from the word ''hashshashin'' (), and shares its etymological roots with ''hashish'' ( or ; from ').''The Assassins: a radical sect in Islam'' – Bernard Lewis, pp. 11–12 It referred to a group of Nizari Ismailis known as the Order of Assassins who worked against various political targets. Founded by Hassan-i Sabbah, the Assassins were active in the Near East from the 11th to the 13th centuries. The group killed members of the Abbasid, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1909 Deaths
Events January–February * January 4 – Explorer Aeneas Mackintosh of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition escapes death by fleeing across drift ice, ice floes. * January 7 – Colombia recognizes the independence of Panama. * January 9 – The British Nimrod Expedition, ''Nimrod'' Expedition to the South Pole, led by Ernest Shackleton, arrives at the Farthest South, farthest south reached by any prior expedition, at 88°23' S, prior to turning back due to diminishing supplies. * January 11 – The International Joint Commission on US-Canada boundary waters is established. * January 16 – Members of the ''Nimrod'' Expedition claim to have found the magnetic South Pole (but the location recorded may be incorrect). * January 24 – The White Star Liner RMS Republic (1903), RMS ''Republic'' sinks the day after a collision with ''SS Florida'' off Nantucket. Almost all of the 1,500 passengers are rescued. * January 28 – The last United States t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mahmud II
Mahmud II (, ; 20 July 1785 – 1 July 1839) was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1808 until his death in 1839. Often described as the "Peter the Great of Turkey", Mahmud instituted extensive administrative, military, and fiscal reforms. His disbandment of the conservative Janissary, Janissary Corps removed a major obstacle to his and his successors' reforms in the Empire, creating the foundations of the subsequent Tanzimat era. Mahmud's reign was also marked by further Ottoman military defeats and loss of territory as a result of nationalist uprisings and European intervention. Mahmud ascended the throne following an Ottoman coups of 1807–1808, 1808 coup that deposed his half-brother Mustafa IV. Early in his reign, the Ottoman Empire ceded Bessarabia to Russia at the end of the Russo-Turkish War (1806–1812), 1806–1812 Russo-Turkish War. Greece waged a Greek War of Independence, successful war of independence that started in 1821 with British, French and Russian su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Türbe
''Türbe'' refers to a Muslim mausoleum, tomb or grave often in the Turkish-speaking areas and for the mausolea of Ottoman sultans, nobles and notables. A typical türbe is located in the grounds of a mosque or complex, often endowed by the deceased. However, some are more closely integrated into surrounding buildings. Many are relatively small buildings, often domed and hexagonal or octagonal in shape, containing a single chamber. More minor türbes are usually kept closed although the interior can be sometimes be glimpsed through metal grilles over the windows or door. The exterior is typically masonry, perhaps with tiled decoration over the doorway, but the interior often contains large areas of painted tilework, which may be of the highest quality. Inside, the body or bodies repose in plain sarcophagi, perhaps with a simple inscription, which are, or were originally, covered by rich cloth drapes. Usually these sarcophagi are symbolic, and the actual body lies below t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
31 March Incident
The 31 March incident () was an uprising in the Ottoman Empire in April 1909, during the Second Constitutional Era. The incident broke out during the night of 30–31 Mart 1325 in Rumi calendar ( GC 12–13 April 1909), thus named after 31 March where March is the equivalent to Rumi month Mart. Occurring soon after the 1908 Young Turk Revolution, in which the Committee of Union and Progress (CUP) had successfully restored the Constitution and ended the absolute rule of Sultan Abdul Hamid II (), it is sometimes referred to as an attempted countercoup or counterrevolution. It consisted of a general uprising against the CUP within Istanbul, largely led by reactionary groups, particularly Islamists opposed to the secularising influence of the CUP and supporters of absolutism, although liberal opponents of the CUP within the Liberty Party also played a lesser role. Eleven days later the uprising was suppressed and the former government restored when elements of the Ottoman Army ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hüseyin Cahit Yalçın
Hüseyin Cahit Yalçın (7 December 1874 – 18 October 1957) was a prominent Turkish theorist, writer, and politician. He is famous for having been a dissident journalist, who was put on trial and punished due to his political newspaper columns. His publications defending the idea of a homogenous nation became popular within the Committee of Union and Progress. Biography Hüseyin Cahit was born in 1874 in Balıkesir. He was a graduate of Vefa High School, Istanbul. He started his literary life by writing stories, novels and prose poems. He later wrote on journalism, criticism and translation. He also wrote satirical poems under the pseudonym Hemrah. He is one of the most important figures of the ''Edebiyat-ı Cedide'' (New Literary Movement). After the Second Constitutional Era, he helped Tevfik Fikret and Hüseyin Kâzım to publish the '' Tanin'' newspaper, as it was put into political life. He started his political career and joined the Committee of Union and Progress. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ahmet Samim
Ahmet Samim (1884 – 1910) was an Ottoman-Turkish journalist and politician, who was a founding member of the Liberty Party. Despite warnings from his former mentor Süleyman Nesib to stay away from politics, he did not listen and was assassinated in 1910 because of his political views. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Samim, Ahmet 1884 births 1910 deaths Assassinated politicians from the Ottoman Empire Assassinated journalists from the Ottoman Empire 20th-century journalists from the Ottoman Empire Turks from the Ottoman Empire Politicians from Prizren Liberty Party (Ottoman Empire) politicians 20th-century Turkish politicians ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hasan Fehmi'nin Mezarı
Hassan, Hasan, Hassane, Haasana, Hassaan, Asan, Hassun, Hasun, Hassen, Hasson or Hasani may refer to: People *Hassan (given name), Arabic given name and a list of people with that given name *Hassan (surname), Arabic, Jewish, Irish, and Scottish surname and a list of people with that surname Places * Hassan (crater), an impact crater on Enceladus, a moon of Saturn Africa * Abou El Hassan District, Algeria *Hassan Tower, the minaret of an incomplete mosque in Rabat, Morocco * Hassan I Dam, on the Lakhdar River in Morocco *Hassan I Airport, serving El Aaiún, Western Sahara Americas *Chanhassen, Minnesota, a city in Minnesota, United States * Hassan Township, Minnesota, a city in Minnesota, United States Asia *Hassan, Karnataka, a city and district headquarters in Karnataka, India **Hassan District, a district headquartered in Karnataka, India **Hassan (Lok Sabha constituency) ** Hassan Airport, Karnataka *Hasan, Ilam, a village in Ilam Province, Iran *Hasan, North Khora ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Volkan (newspaper)
''Volkan'' (Ottoman Turkish: ''وولقان'') was a short-lived daily newspaper published in Constantinople, Ottoman Empire. The paper was in circulation between 1908 and 1909 and was one of the Islamist publications which were launched in the Second Constitutional period. History and profile ''Volkan'' was started by Derviş Vahdeti in Constantinople on 11 December 1908. Vahdeti asked for financial support from Sultan Abdulhamit before launching the paper. However, this request was not accepted. The publisher of ''Volkan'' was Derviş Vahdeti. He edited the daily until 20 April 1909 when he was arrested. At the beginning the paper was supportive of the new constitution and relatively liberal. However, following the establishment of the Mohammadan Union by Vahdeti on 5 March 1909 the paper became its organ and an ardent critic of the Committee of Union and Progress (CUP). The political program of the Union was featured in the paper on 3 March. ''Volkan'' published the article ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
