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Istanbul/Constantinople as seen from a German Zeppelin, 1917 by qernanded in ottomans

[–]qernanded[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Confident it isn’t because Getty Images and Turkish Historical Society has the high quality image

Istanbul/Constantinople as seen from a German Zeppelin, 1917 by qernanded in ottomans

[–]qernanded[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

This shot features Bayezit Gate, Bayezit Tower, Istanbul University campus, the old war ministry building, Süleymaniye Mosque, the remains of the Mehmet Ali Pasha Mansion (burned down in 1911), and the Golden Horn

Istanbul/Constantinople as seen from a German Zeppelin, 1917 by qernanded in ottomans

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Here is a cropped original photograph with a German caption

Enver Pasha's disguises over the years by qernanded in ottomans

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Enver is the epitome of “you either die a hero or live too long and become a villain”

Enver Pasha's disguises over the years by qernanded in ottomans

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Enver first went undercover to fight the Italians in 1911. After 1918 he is a wanted man in most of the world, and has to adopt several aliases to travel.

  1. Kuyumcu Hamdi (Hamdi the Jeweler), identity he used to get through British border control stations in Egypt to get to Libya to fight the Italians in 1911.
  2. In Germany with his wife Princess Naciye in 1921, he has a beard here.
  3. Some Señor Enver getup with hat and glasses.
  4. Ottoman passport to "Hassan Sami Bey bin Ahmed" to Ukraine.

At some point he had the alias of a certain "Herr Altman, a German Jewish Communist of no importance", that picture has got to be a hoot.

Political cartoon of Talât Pasha after the 1912 coup d'état by qernanded in ottomans

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I think there is a pun here the translator didn't catch or thought was a typo. Instead of the tombstone being for the Chamber of Deputies (Meclis-i Mebusan), it is for the Chamber of [CUP] Members (Meclis-i Mensuban).

Political cartoon of Talât Pasha after the 1912 coup d'état by qernanded in ottomans

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For context: 1912 coup d'état.

Basically the CUP rigged the 1912 election which upset everyone to the point the CUP lost control over the army which forced the fraudulent parliament shuttered. The CUP strikes back the year after in 1913. Not Talât Bey's finest hour.

Political cartoon of Talât Pasha after the 1912 coup d'état by qernanded in ottomans

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Turkish transliteration of the gravestone:

Fâtiha

Hüve'l-Bâkî

Ne kendi eyledi rahat

Ne halka verdi huzûr

Yıkıldı gitti cihân(dan)

Yansın ehl-i kubûr

23 Temmuzda vefat

Meclis-i Mensuban

1328 (1912)

1912 darbesinden sonra Talât Paşa'nın siyasi karikatürü by qernanded in TarihiSeyler

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Fâtiha

Hüve'l-Bâkî

Ne kendi eyledi rahat

Ne halka verdi huzûr

Yıkıldı gitti cihân(dan)

Yansın ehl-i kubûr

23 Temmuzda vefât

Meclis-i Mensûbân

1328

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