Alemdar

	Alemdar Alemdar is a Turkish word originated from Persian word "علمدار(/ælæmdɑːr/)" meaning " standard-bearer". It may refer to: People * Alemdar Mustafa Pasha (died 1808), Ottoman grand vizier of Albanian origin Other uses * ''Alemdar'' (ship) a Turkish ship which is known for her activities in the Independence War of Turkey * TCG ''Alemdar'' (A-601), submarine rescue mother ship of the Turkish Navy See also * Bayraktar (surname) Bayraktar is a Turkish surname and word that consists of the Turkish word “bayrak (/bɑɪrɑq/)” for flag and Persian suffix "دار(/dɑːr/)", literally meaning flag-owner or " flag-bearer". People Notable people with the surname or epith ... {{surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Alemdar (ship) ''Alemdar'', aka ''Gazi Alemdar'', was a former Turkish salvage tug, which is best known for her victorious engagement with a French navy warship during the Turkish War of Independence. Built in 1898 in Denmark, the Danish-flagged vessel was seized by the Ottoman Empire during World War I. She served under Turkish flag until her scrapping in 1982. Since 2008, a replica of her serves as a museum ship at the port of Karadeniz Ereğli, Turkey. History Built by Helsingørs Jemsk & Maka in Denmark, she was launched on 4 June 1898, and christened ''Danmark''. On 21 May 1899, she began her service life in the company Danmark Em 2 Sviter Bjerg Enterprise Copenhagen. In accordance with the Capitulations of the Ottoman Empire, foreign-flagged ships were allowed to serve in Ottoman territorial waters, and Danmark was one of the ships serving in the Ottoman territorial waters. However, during World War I, the Ottoman Empire abolished the capitulations and took hold of the ship. In Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Alemdar Mustafa Pasha Alemdar Mustafa Pasha (also called Bayraktar Mustafa Pasha; born 1755, died 15 November 1808) was an Ottoman military commander and a Grand Vizier born in Hotin (modern Khotyn) in the then Ottoman territory of Ukraine in 1765. Of Albanian origin, he hailed from the village of Goskovë near Korçë). Both '''alemdar''' and '''bayraktar mean "the standard bearer" and were names given to the same rank in the Janissary corps. Alemdar Mustafa Pasha is often regarded as a pioneering figure, who recognized the need for a modern army - he was instrumental in setting up the French military mission in 1796. Early career He was originally the ''ayan'' (provincial notable) of Rusçuk, and one of the strongest ayans of his time. He rose to power through the Janissary corps, and, having been promoted to commandership, took part in the wars against Austria and the Russian Empire.The deposition of the reforming Sultan Selim III in 1807, and his replacement with the reactionary Musta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	TCG Alemdar (A-601) The TCG ''Alemdar'' (A-582) is an ''Alemdar''-class submarine rescue mother ship (MOSHIP) of the Turkish Navy. Ordered on October 28, 2011 and built by Istanbul Shipyard, she was launched on April 29, 2014. She is designed to perform subsea and surface search and rescue missions under various sea conditions. Her main task is to rescue submarines that can not resurface by their own efforts. She is able to provide life support to the stranded crew of a distressed submarine at a maximum depth of . She is equipped with remotely operated underwater vehicles (ROV) and atmospheric diving suit An atmospheric diving suit (ADS) is a small one-person articulated submersible which resembles a suit of armour, with elaborate pressure joints to allow articulation while maintaining an internal pressure of one atmosphere. An ADS can enable di ...s (ADS). A modern vessel with complex equipment on board, Alemdar will help maintain an appropriate level of salvage and recovery capability for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Turkish Language Turkish ( , ), also referred to as Turkish of Turkey (''Türkiye Türkçesi''), is the most widely spoken of the Turkic languages, with around 80 to 90 million speakers. It is the national language of Turkey and Northern Cyprus. Significant smaller groups of Turkish speakers also exist in Iraq, Syria, Germany, Austria, Bulgaria, North Macedonia, Greece, the Caucasus, and other parts of Europe and Central Asia. Cyprus has requested the European Union to add Turkish as an official language, even though Turkey is not a member state. Turkish is the 13th most spoken language in the world. To the west, the influence of Ottoman Turkish—the variety of the Turkish language that was used as the administrative and literary language of the Ottoman Empire—spread as the Ottoman Empire expanded. In 1928, as one of Atatürk's Reforms in the early years of the Republic of Turkey, the Ottoman Turkish alphabet was replaced with a Latin alphabet. The distinctive characteristics of the Turk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Persian Language Persian (), also known by its endonym Farsi (, ', ), is a Western Iranian language belonging to the Iranian branch of the Indo-Iranian subdivision of the Indo-European languages. Persian is a pluricentric language predominantly spoken and used officially within Iran, Afghanistan, and Tajikistan in three mutually intelligible standard varieties, namely Iranian Persian (officially known as ''Persian''), Dari Persian (officially known as ''Dari'' since 1964) and Tajiki Persian (officially known as ''Tajik'' since 1999).Siddikzoda, S. "Tajik Language: Farsi or not Farsi?" in ''Media Insight Central Asia #27'', August 2002. It is also spoken natively in the Tajik variety by a significant population within Uzbekistan, as well as within other regions with a Persianate history in the cultural sphere of Greater Iran. It is written officially within Iran and Afghanistan in the Persian alphabet, a derivation of the Arabic script, and within Tajikistan in the Tajik alphabet, a der ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Standard-bearer A standard-bearer, also known as a flag-bearer is a person (soldier or civilian) who bears an emblem known as a standard or military colours, i.e. either a type of flag or an inflexible but mobile image, which is used (and often honoured) as a formal, visual symbol of a state, prince, military unit, etc. This can either be an occasional duty, often seen as an honour (especially on parade), or a permanent charge (also on the battlefield); the second type has even led in certain cases to this task being reflected in official rank titles such as Ensign, Cornet and Fähnrich. Role of the standard-bearer In the context of the Olympic Games, a flagbearer is the athlete who carries the flag of their country during the opening and closing ceremonies. While at present a purely ceremonial function, as far back as Roman warfare and medieval warfare the standard-bearer had an important role on the battlefield. The standard-bearer acted as an indicator of where the position of a m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]