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Mahyuddin Datuk Sutan Maharadja
Mahyuddin Datuk Sutan Maharadja ( – 1921, Van Ophuijsen Spelling System: ''Mahjoeddin Datoek Soetan Maharadja'', min, Mahyuddin Datuak Sutan Marajo) was a Minangkabau journalist, intellectual, activist and newspaper editor active in the Dutch East Indies. He is considered to be one of the fathers of modern Indonesian journalism and was a key figure in West Sumatran politics from the 1890s to 1921. Biography Early life Mahyuddin was born into an aristocratic Minangkabau family in Sulit Air, Solok Regency, West Sumatra, Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia) in around 1860. (Various sources gives his birth year as 27 November in either 1858, 1860, or 1862.) His grandfather had fought in the Padri War against the Padri side and eventually their family came to be incorporated into the Dutch political system as they conquered Sumatra. His father, Datuk Bandharo, was a Dutch-appointed leader in Sulit Air. His personal name was Mahyuddin (or Mahjoeddin in the spelling of the time) but ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Young Turk Revolution
The Young Turk Revolution (July 1908) was a constitutionalist revolution in the Ottoman Empire. The Committee of Union and Progress (CUP), an organization of the Young Turks movement, forced Sultan Abdul Hamid II to restore the Ottoman Constitution and recall the parliament, which ushered in multi-party politics within the Empire. From the Young Turk Revolution to the Empire's end marks the Second Constitutional Era of the Ottoman Empire's history. More than three decades earlier, in 1876, constitutional monarchy had been established under Abdul Hamid during a period of time known as the First Constitutional Era, which lasted for only two years before Abdul Hamid suspended it and restored autocratic powers to himself. The revolution began with CUP member Ahmed Niyazi's flight into the Albanian highlands. He was soon joined by İsmail Enver and Eyub Sabri. They networked with local Albanians and utilized their connections within the Salonica based Third Army to instigate a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
