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Atçalı Kel Mehmet
Atçalı Kel Mehmet Efe (1780–1830) was a Zeibeks, Zeybek, who led a local revolt against the Ottoman Empire, Ottoman's authority and established control of the Aydın region for a short period between 1829 and 1830 (''during the reign of'' Mahmud II). Early Ages Bald, Kel Mehmet was born in 1780 to a Turkish peasant family in Atça. According to the legend, while he was an ordinary young man, he witnessed the fight between a tiny, sick dog and three healthy, powerful dogs. After being beaten for a long time, the tiny dog ends up in an alley with no exit. At that point, it fights back with his final energy and gets rid of its opponents. Inspired by the tiny dog, Mehmet established an analogy between the situation and the relation between the Ottoman reign and Anatolian peasants, and decided to go out to the mountains as an outlaw. Revolt In 1829, Mehmet started a revolt in Kuyucak a town near Atça, demanding tax cuts, fair laws, and shorter military service. As the people wer ...
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1780 Births
Year 178 ( CLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Scipio and Rufus (or, less frequently, year 931 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 178 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Bruttia Crispina marries Commodus, and receives the title of '' Augusta''. * Emperor Marcus Aurelius and his son Commodus arrive at Carnuntum in Pannonia, and travel to the Danube to fight against the Marcomanni. Asia * Last (7th) year of ''Xiping'' era and start of ''Guanghe'' era of the Chinese Han Dynasty. * In India, the decline of the Kushan Empire begins. The Sassanides take over Central Asia. Religion * The Montanist heresy is condemned for the first time. Births * Lü Meng, Chinese general (d. 220) * Pen ...
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Zeybeks
Zeybeks, sometimes spelled as Zeibeks ( el, Ζεϊμπέκοι ''Zeibekoi''; ota, زیبك, zeybek), were irregular militia and guerrilla fighters living in West Anatolia from late 17th to early 20th centuries. History The origins of Zeybeks are debated with most Turkish sources supporting that they are Turkic.Töre - Aylık Fikir ve Sanat Dergisi, Nisan 1972, Sayı 11, pp. 13-21 One Turkish source states the Zeybeks first appeared in the 13th century and were Turkmens who settled in to the Aegean Region. Another Turkish source links them to the Turkmen- Celali rebels in the 16th century, while a different Turkish writer claims that Zeybeks were light infantry troops made of Turkmen tribes loyal to the Seljuks. According to Aşıkpaşazade, an Ottoman Turkish Historian from the 15th century, Zeybeks were Muslim Gazis protecting the borders in Anatolia. In the Turkish society the Zeybeks and Yörüks are seen as the same people. Many famous Zeybeks like Yörük Ali Efe and De ...
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People From Aydın
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19th-century People From The Ottoman Empire
The 19th (nineteenth) century began on 1 January 1801 ( MDCCCI), and ended on 31 December 1900 ( MCM). The 19th century was the ninth century of the 2nd millennium. The 19th century was characterized by vast social upheaval. Slavery was abolished in much of Europe and the Americas. The First Industrial Revolution, though it began in the late 18th century, expanding beyond its British homeland for the first time during this century, particularly remaking the economies and societies of the Low Countries, the Rhineland, Northern Italy, and the Northeastern United States. A few decades later, the Second Industrial Revolution led to ever more massive urbanization and much higher levels of productivity, profit, and prosperity, a pattern that continued into the 20th century. The Islamic gunpowder empires fell into decline and European imperialism brought much of South Asia, Southeast Asia, and almost all of Africa under colonial rule. It was also marked by the collapse of the large S ...
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18th-century People From The Ottoman Empire
The 18th century lasted from January 1, 1701 ( MDCCI) to December 31, 1800 ( MDCCC). During the 18th century, elements of Enlightenment thinking culminated in the American, French, and Haitian Revolutions. During the century, slave trading and human trafficking expanded across the shores of the Atlantic, while declining in Russia, China, and Korea. Revolutions began to challenge the legitimacy of monarchical and aristocratic power structures, including the structures and beliefs that supported slavery. The Industrial Revolution began during mid-century, leading to radical changes in human society and the environment. Western historians have occasionally defined the 18th century otherwise for the purposes of their work. For example, the "short" 18th century may be defined as 1715–1789, denoting the period of time between the death of Louis XIV of France and the start of the French Revolution, with an emphasis on directly interconnected events. To historians who expand ...
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Demirci Mehmet Efe
Demirci is a town and district of Manisa Province in the Aegean region of Turkey. According to the 2000 census, population of the district is 59,314, of which 21,230 live in the town of Demirci. The district covers an area of , and the town lies at an elevation of . Economy Demirci is one of the well known handmade Turkish carpet production centers in Manisa Manisa (), historically known as Magnesia, is a city in Turkey's Aegean Region and the administrative seat of Manisa Province. Modern Manisa is a booming center of industry and services, advantaged by its closeness to the international port ci .... Demirci carpets have different pattern and styles, such as ''"Yağcıbedir carpet"'' ( tr, Yağcıbedir halısı). Notes References * External links District governor's official website Road map of Demirci and environsVarious images of Demirci, Manisa Populated places in Manisa Province Districts of Manisa Province {{Manisa-geo-stub ...
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Efe (zeibek)
The Efe were the leaders of Turkish irregular soldiers and guerillas from the Aegean Region of Turkey, called the Zeybeks and Kızan. There are several theories about the origins of the word ''Efe''. The organization of the Efe and Zeybeks were first seen in the 16th century during the Jelali revolts which dismantled power throughout the Ottoman Empire. After that time, men who rebelled against local pressures and injustices and settled in the mountains were called ''Efe'' or ''Zeybek''. The Efe were distinctive in their attire, weapons and general appearance, which were created for survival and to best suit the life of an Efe. For example, they wore shorter trousers than were common at the time, and a yataghan with only one side with a sharpened point which was useful in mêlée combat. After the World War I Efes were known for leading their bands of Zeybeks in guerrilla strikes against the Greek forces during the Greco-Turkish War (1919-1922), before voluntarily joining the ne ...
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Zeibeks
Zeybeks, sometimes spelled as Zeibeks ( el, Ζεϊμπέκοι ''Zeibekoi''; ota, زیبك, zeybek), were irregular militia and guerrilla fighters living in West Anatolia from late 17th to early 20th centuries. History The origins of Zeybeks are debated with most Turkish sources supporting that they are Turkic.Töre - Aylık Fikir ve Sanat Dergisi, Nisan 1972, Sayı 11, pp. 13-21 One Turkish source states the Zeybeks first appeared in the 13th century and were Turkmens who settled in to the Aegean Region. Another Turkish source links them to the Turkmen- Celali rebels in the 16th century, while a different Turkish writer claims that Zeybeks were light infantry troops made of Turkmen tribes loyal to the Seljuks. According to Aşıkpaşazade, an Ottoman Turkish Historian from the 15th century, Zeybeks were Muslim Gazis protecting the borders in Anatolia. In the Turkish society the Zeybeks and Yörüks are seen as the same people. Many famous Zeybeks like Yörük Ali Efe and De ...
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