Mizancı Murat (1853–1912) was an Ottoman

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, democrat, historian and politician, who was renowned for his work on reviving the concept of

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during the

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Biography

Mizancı Murat was born in

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in 1853. He received education in Russia. Following his graduation he worked as a lecturer at

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. He was a member of the

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and had a pan-Islamist political stance. In 1886 he launched a newspaper entitled ''

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''. Due to his alleged role in the coup against the Committee of Union and Progress in 1909, Mizancı Murat was sent to exile. He returned to Istanbul later, but retired from politics, and he died in 1912.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Murat, Mizanci 1853 births 1912 deaths Emigrants from the Russian Empire to the Ottoman Empire Politicians from the Ottoman Empire Young Turks 19th-century journalists from the Ottoman Empire