Osmanli Devleti
Understanding Sultan AbdulHamid Han
Remembering with Respect and Understanding Sultan AbdulHamid Han
For many years we have looked at our own history through the window of others. For example, during the Sarıkamıs operation, ninety thousand soldiers froze to death without firing a single gun, we said.
However, this figure was the propaganda discourse of the Russians. So it was a lie. Even the number of our soldiers who participated in the operation was not that much. If our soldier didn’t fire a gun in Sarıkamıs, how could the loss of the Russians be thirty-two thousand?
This was also the case of Sultan AbdulHamid Han. For many years he was looked at from the eyes of his enemies and the west. This is unfortunately made as an official discourse.
Now the seal is in the hands of those who call Sultan Abdülhamid Han as “Great Han” We have the proverb: Truth surely wins. Lie cannot live long.
Sultan AbdulHamid Han’s life is really touching. His priority was to ensure the unity and solidarity of the nation as the Sultan; and of the ummah as the Caliph.
It was to try to prevent the colonialists from conquering Islamic countries. It was to prevent British, French and Russian expansionism. For thirty-three years he struggled for this. (Inspired by Assoc. Prof. İbrahim Kalın’s book, Öteki ve Ötesi.)
The decree of Allah. AbdulHamid desperately had to watch the loss of Rumelia during the Balkan War; the fall of our big cities such as Baghdad and Jerusalem during the Jihan War. Perhaps it can be a consolation: On February 10, 1918, he deliberately rested because of knowing that Mosul, Damascus and Aleppo was ours.. but it was not. If we think about that Sultan Reşad passed away in the same year (3 July), we can understand his deep sorrow in the face of the losses. The state was dismembered, the nation fell apart, and the ummah was in captivity of the imperialists.
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Sultan AbdulHamid Han ruled our country for thirty-three years under harsh conditions and between tough enemies. Along with him, the era of the ‘Great Sultan’ ended.
Despite all the black propaganda, his effect and memory have lived up to the present day. It is true that a great deal of effort has been made to erase him from national memory.
Even the settlements having the name of Hamidiye got their share of this anger. Hamidiye was changed as Mesudiye.
I am a person who likes to visit the homeland rather than going outside. The Ottoman Empire invested heavily in European lands. We know that even Bolu, right next to Istanbul, was considered a place of exile. This is why great works in many towns of Anatolia belongs to Seljuk and the Principality period. Sultan AbdulHamid Han saw the future and attempted to revive the territory of Anatolia. He almost formed the defense line. Yes, foresight. I’ve seen traces of this effort everywhere I go. From Kastamonu to Sivas and Söğüt.
Today, many buildings used as schools, government buildings, museums, hospitals is all his works. He did all this despite the heavy debt burden. This service of his alone is enough to remember him wwith utmost respect.
AbdulHamid came to the throne during difficult years. Those who mistook the security policy he followed as restrictions and pressures on freedoms soon experienced what the real captivity itself was, and they repented. The life of our national poet is evident as a painful document.
We can easily say that Sultan AbdulHamid’s contribution to our country is much more than that of many prime ministers and presidents. Comparison cannot be made.
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February 10 was the 100th anniversary of Sultan AbdulHamid Han. An important event was held at the Yıldız Palace with the participation of our President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan: Understanding Sultan AbdulHamid.
Carefully prepared speeches, albums and exhibition. The art director of the event was Harun Tan. First we visited the exhibition. There were AbdulHamid`s special items such as his seal, amber rosary, wallet, teacup, walking stick, box, carpentery tools, writing set, envelope opener.
Some of the edicts drew our attention. Here is one of them: “In the examination it was understood that Lady Ayse who worked for two years in Thessaloniki as a soldier with the name of Aydınlı Köse Mehmed was a girl. She was brought to Istanbul. It was decided to pay her 300 liras per month by state treasury and 2000 liras as Padishah’s gift. ”
What impressed me the most was the maps of Palestine and Jerusalem and Kubbetü’s Sahara model, which were among the special belongings of Sultan AbdulHamid. As I remembered that he died two months after Jerusalems fall, this saddened me.
We know of the Sultan’s deep interest in books and photographs. His passion for learning and the importance given to education as a result. The exhibition successfully reflected this characteristic of AbdulHamid.
Our nation cannot do without flags. I was excited to see the flags of Ertuğrul Süvari Regiment and the 53rd Hamidiye Regiment. Sultan AbdulHamid’s great interest in these regiments is obvious.
In his speech, President Erdoğan said “Although the form of governance has changed, the essence and spirit of our nation has remained the same ” We are understanding this truth day by day.
There are people who want to start our country’s history from 1923. My grandfather was born in 1910. This small example itself shows that this is not possible.
Osmanli Devleti
The Clock Towers From The Archive Of Sultan Abdul Hamid
The Clock Towers From The Archive Of Sultan Abdul Hamid
The clock, which provided great convenience to people with its invention, was located in the city squares at a size and height that everyone could see before it got smaller and went into pockets. Although they were built in the West, these historical buildings, which became works of art in the East, were the most striking architectural works of the cities. On the 25th anniversary of Sultan AbdulHamid’s accession to the throne, it spread to the interior of Anatolia, with the governors sending an edict to build a clock tower. We have compiled the photographs of clock towers that have witnessed centuries from the archive of Sultan AbdulHamid.
Amasya Clock Tower
Ankara Clock Tower
Baghdad Clock Tower
Balıkesir Clock Tower
Balıkesir Clock Tower
Darülfünun building and clock tower in Mumbai, India
Architectural works of the period reflect this feature because they were built in baroque, empire, eclectic and neo-classical styles. Clock towers are usually plain stone structures. Clock towers in Tophane, Yıldız Palace, Dolmabahçe, İzmir and İzmit are the most ornate.
Clock tower in the garden of Osman Gazi tomb
The clock tower located in Tophane Park in Bursa; It was first built during the reign of Sultan Abdulaziz. It was demolished at an unknown date, however, until the 1900s. Its construction started again in 1904 and was completed on August 31, 1905. It was put into service with a ceremony by the Governor Reşit Mümtaz Pasha on 31 August 1906 in honor of Abdülhamid’s accession to the throne.
Edirne Clock Tower
The tower, which became known as the “Macedonian Clock Tower” after the wooden floors and clocks that had been built by Hacı İzzet Pasha, one of the governors of Edirne, on the tower in 1866-1867, was severely damaged in the 1953 earthquake.
Gümülcine Clock Tower
Halep Clock Tower
İzmir Station Clock Tower
Konya Clock Tower
Samarra Cami (Mosque) Clock Tower
Samsun Clock Tower
Tophane Clock Tower
Tripoli Clock Tower
Yanya Clock Tower
Yıldız Palace Hamidiye Clock Tower
Hamidiye Clock Tower is located in Yıldız district of Beşiktaş district of Istanbul. As it can be understood from the tugra on the entrance gate, it was built by AbdulHamid II between 1889 and 1890. The architect of the clock tower, which was built with four sides (octagon) with broken corners, is Sarkis Balyan. There are four inscriptions on the first floor of the tower, a thermometer and barometer on the second floor, and a clock room on the top floor. There is a compass on the decorative roof of the clock tower and a weather vane on its top.
Yozgat Clock Tower
Osmanli Devleti
COUNTRIES RULED FOR YEARS BY THE OTTOMAN
COUNTRIES RULED FOR YEARS BY THE OTTOMAN!
1. Turkiye (…)
2. Bulgaria (545 years)
3. Greece (400 years)
4. Serbia (539 years)
5. Montenegro (539 years)
6. Bosnia and Herzegovina (539 years)
7. Croatia (539 years)
8. Macedonia (539 years)
9. Slovenia (250 years)
10. Romania (490 years)
11. Slovakia (20 years) Ottoman name: Uyvar
12. Hungary (160 years)
13. Moldova (490 years)
14. Ukraine (308 years)
15. Azerbaijan (25 years)
16. Georgia (400 years)
17. Armenia (20 years)
18. Southern Cyprus (293 years)
19. Northern Cyprus (293 years)
20. Southern lands of Russia (291 years)
21. Poland (25 years)-protection- Ottoman name: Lehistan
22. The southeast coast of Italy (20 years)
23. Albania (435 years)
24. Belarus (25 years) -protection-
25. Lithuania (25 years) -protection-
26. Latvia (25 years) -protection-
27. Kosovo (539 years)
28. Vojvodina (166 years) Ottoman name: Banat
29. Iraq (402 years)
30. Syria (402 years)
31. Israel (402 years)
32. Palestine (402 years)
33. Urdun (402 years)
34. Arabia (399 years)
35. Yemen (401 years)
36. Oman (400 years)
37. United Arab Emirates (400 years)
38. Qatar (400 years)
39. Bahrain (400 years)
40. Kuwait (381 years)
41. Western lands of Iran (30 years)
42. Lebanon (402 years)
43. Egypt (397 years)
44. Libya (394 years) Ottoman name: Tripoli
45. Tunisia (308 years )
46. Algeria (313 years)
47. Sudan (397 years) Ottoman name: Nubia
48. Eritrea (350 years) Ottoman name: Habes
49. Djibouti (350 years)
50. Somalia (350 years) Ottoman name: Zeyla
51. Kenyan beaches (350 years)
52. Tanzanian beaches (250 years)
53. Northern regions of Chad (313 years) Ottoman name: Reşade
54. Part of Niger (300 years) Ottoman name: Kavar
55. The northern lands of Mozambique (150 years)
56. Morocco (50 years) -protection-
57. Western Sahara (50 years) -protection-
58. Mauritania (50 years) -patronage-
59. Mali (300 years) Ottoman name: Gat Kazası
60. Senegal (300 years)
61. Gambia (300 years)
62. Guinea-Bissau (300 years)
63. Guinea (300 years )
64. Part of Ethiopia (350 years) Ottoman name: Habeş (Abyssinian)
Although not officially located within the borders of the Ottoman Land borders, the places that are actually connected to the Caliphate are:
65. Muslims of India -Pakistan-
66. East India Muslims -Bangladesh-
67. Singapore
68. Malaysia
69. Indonesia
70. Turkestan Khanates
71. Nigeria
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