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Sultanzade Ali Bey
Sultanzade Ali Bey ( ota, سلطان زادہ علی بے ; 29 September 1921 – 2 December 1971) also Ali Akoğlu, was an Ottoman prince and pilot, the son of Naciye Sultan and Enver Pasha. Early life Sultanzade Ali Bey was born on 29 September 1921 in Berlin, Germany. His father was Ismail Enver Pasha, son of Ahmed Bey and Ayşe Dilara Hanım, and his mother was Naciye Sultan, daughter of Şehzade Selim Süleyman and Ayşe Tarzıter Hanım. He has two older sisters, Mahpeyker Hanımsultan and Türkan Hanımsultan. He had a younger maternal half-sister, Rana Hanımsultan, from his mother's second marriage to Mehmed Kamil Bey, younger brother of Ali's father. At time of his birth, his family was residing in Germany. His father left for Russian SSR her family remained there. Ali was born after his father left and never met him, because Enver died in Russia shortly after. After Enver death in 1922, his family returned to Istanbul. At the exile of the imperial family in March ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berlin
Berlin ( , ) is the capital and largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's most populous city, according to population within city limits. One of Germany's sixteen constituent states, Berlin is surrounded by the State of Brandenburg and contiguous with Potsdam, Brandenburg's capital. Berlin's urban area, which has a population of around 4.5 million, is the second most populous urban area in Germany after the Ruhr. The Berlin-Brandenburg capital region has around 6.2 million inhabitants and is Germany's third-largest metropolitan region after the Rhine-Ruhr and Rhine-Main regions. Berlin straddles the banks of the Spree, which flows into the Havel (a tributary of the Elbe) in the western borough of Spandau. Among the city's main topographical features are the many lakes in the western and southeastern boroughs formed by the Spree, Havel and Dahme, the largest of which is Lake Müggelsee. Due to its l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Necla Sultan
, house = Ottoman (by birth) Muhammad Ali (by marriage) , house-type = Dynasty , father = Şehzade Ömer Faruk , mother = Sabiha Sultan , birth_date = 15 May 1926 , birth_place = Nice, France , death_date = , death_place = Madrid, Spain , burial_place= Aşiyan Asri Cemetery, Istanbul , religion = Sunni Islam Necla Sultan ( tr, Necla Hibetullah Sultan; ota, نجله هبت الله سلطان 15 May 1926 – 6 October 2006) was an Ottoman princess, the daughter Şehzade Ömer Faruk, the son of last caliph of the Abdulmejid II and Şehsuvar Hanım. Her mother was Sabiha Sultan, daughter of Sultan Mehmed VI and Nazikeda Kadın. Early life Necla Sultan was born on 15 May 1926 in Nice, France. Her father was Şehzade Ömer Faruk, son of Abdulmejid II and Şehsuvar Hanım, and her mother was Sabiha Sultan, daughter of Mehmed VI and Nazikeda Kadın. She was the youngest child of her parents. She had two sisters, Neslişah Sultan, five years ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serfiraz Hanım
ota, سرفراز خانم , birth_name = Ayşe Lah , birth_date = 1837 , birth_place = Tokat, Turkey, Ottoman Empire (ex) , death_date = , death_place = Bebek Palace, Bebek, Beşiktaş, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire , burial_place = Şehzade Ahmed Kemaleddin Mausoleum, Yahya Efendi Cemetery, Istanbul , spouse = , issue = , house = Lah (by birth) Ottoman (by marriage) , father = Lah Osman Bey , mother = Zeliha Hanım , religion = Sunni Islam Serfiraz Hanım (; ota, سرفراز خانم; "''triumphant''" or "''proud''"; born Ayşe Lah; 1837 – 9 June 1905) was a consort of Sultan Abdulmejid I of the Ottoman Empire. Early life Born in 1837 as Ayşe, Serfiraz Hanım was a member of the Abkhazian family, Lah, which had settled in Tokat. Her father was Lah Osman Bey and her mother his consort Zeliha Hanım, by Tapsin family. She had one sister, Rana Hanım. Marriage Serfiraz married Abdulmejid in 1851, and was granted the t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abdulmejid I
Abdulmejid I ( ota, عبد المجيد اول, ʿAbdü'l-Mecîd-i evvel, tr, I. Abdülmecid; 25 April 182325 June 1861) was the 31st Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and succeeded his father Mahmud II on 2 July 1839. His reign was notable for the rise of nationalist movements within the empire's territories. Abdulmejid wanted to encourage Ottomanism among secessionist subject nations and stop rising nationalist movements within the empire, but despite new laws and reforms to integrate non-Muslims and non-Turks more thoroughly into Ottoman society, his efforts failed in this regard. He tried to forge alliances with the major powers of Western Europe, namely the United Kingdom and France, who fought alongside the Ottoman Empire in the Crimean War against Russia. During the Congress of Paris on 30 March 1856, the Ottoman Empire was officially included among the European family of nations. Abdulmejid's biggest achievement was the announcement and application of the Tanzimat (reorgan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naples
Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's administrative limits as of 2022. Its province-level municipality is the third-most populous metropolitan city in Italy with a population of 3,115,320 residents, and its metropolitan area stretches beyond the boundaries of the city wall for approximately 20 miles. Founded by Greeks in the first millennium BC, Naples is one of the oldest continuously inhabited urban areas in the world. In the eighth century BC, a colony known as Parthenope ( grc, Παρθενόπη) was established on the Pizzofalcone hill. In the sixth century BC, it was refounded as Neápolis. The city was an important part of Magna Graecia, played a major role in the merging of Greek and Roman society, and was a significant cultural centre under the Romans. Naples served a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abidin Daver
Abidin Daver (1886, Constantinople – 8 February 1954, Istanbul) was a Turkish nationalist writer and politician. Biography He is the son of Ali Vahyi Bey and Fatma Revan. He joined Galatasaray Sports Club in 1908 and became a member. Daver started his education at Soğukçeşme Military Middle School and completed Mekteb-i Sultani in 1917. Daver continued his studies at the Sanayi-i Nefise Mektebi and began to write articles for various newspapers. After 1908, he became a journalist and became a columnist in Tasvir-i Efkar, then Yeni Gün, Tercüman-ı Hakikat, İkdam and a columnist in the newspaper Cumhuriyet. Daver, who was among the founding line-up of Galatasaray SK, was the president of the club between 1929-1930. Between 1939 and 1943 Daver, who served in the Turkish Grand National Assembly The Grand National Assembly of Turkey ( tr, ), usually referred to simply as the TBMM or Parliament ( tr, or ''Parlamento''), is the unicameral Turkish legislature. It is th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
London
London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a major settlement for two millennia. The City of London, its ancient core and financial centre, was founded by the Romans as '' Londinium'' and retains its medieval boundaries.See also: Independent city § National capitals The City of Westminster, to the west of the City of London, has for centuries hosted the national government and parliament. Since the 19th century, the name "London" has also referred to the metropolis around this core, historically split between the counties of Middlesex, Essex, Surrey, Kent, and Hertfordshire, which largely comprises Greater London, governed by the Greater London Authority.The Greater London Authority consists of the Mayor of London and the London Assembly. The London Mayor is distinguished fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Italian Language
Italian (''italiano'' or ) is a Romance language of the Indo-European language family that evolved from the Vulgar Latin of the Roman Empire. Together with Sardinian, Italian is the least divergent language from Latin. Spoken by about 85 million people (2022), Italian is an official language in Italy, Switzerland (Ticino and the Grisons), San Marino, and Vatican City. It has an official minority status in western Istria (Croatia and Slovenia). Italian is also spoken by large immigrant and expatriate communities in the Americas and Australia.Ethnologue report for language code:ita (Italy) – Gordon, Raymond G., Jr. (ed.), 2005. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Fifteenth edition. Dallas, Tex.: SIL International. Online version Itali ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
German Language
German ( ) is a West Germanic languages, West Germanic language mainly spoken in Central Europe. It is the most widely spoken and Official language, official or co-official language in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, and the Italy, Italian province of South Tyrol. It is also a co-official language of Luxembourg and German-speaking Community of Belgium, Belgium, as well as a national language in Namibia. Outside Germany, it is also spoken by German communities in France (Bas-Rhin), Czech Republic (North Bohemia), Poland (Upper Silesia), Slovakia (Bratislava Region), and Hungary (Sopron). German is most similar to other languages within the West Germanic language branch, including Afrikaans, Dutch language, Dutch, English language, English, the Frisian languages, Low German, Luxembourgish, Scots language, Scots, and Yiddish. It also contains close similarities in vocabulary to some languages in the North Germanic languages, North Germanic group, such as Danish lan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Language
French ( or ) is a Romance language of the Indo-European family. It descended from the Vulgar Latin of the Roman Empire, as did all Romance languages. French evolved from Gallo-Romance, the Latin spoken in Gaul, and more specifically in Northern Gaul. Its closest relatives are the other langues d'oïl—languages historically spoken in northern France and in southern Belgium, which French ( Francien) largely supplanted. French was also influenced by native Celtic languages of Northern Roman Gaul like Gallia Belgica and by the ( Germanic) Frankish language of the post-Roman Frankish invaders. Today, owing to France's past overseas expansion, there are numerous French-based creole languages, most notably Haitian Creole. A French-speaking person or nation may be referred to as Francophone in both English and French. French is an official language in 29 countries across multiple continents, most of which are members of the ''Organisation internationale de la Francophonie'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English Language
English is a West Germanic language of the Indo-European language family, with its earliest forms spoken by the inhabitants of early medieval England. It is named after the Angles, one of the ancient Germanic peoples that migrated to the island of Great Britain. Existing on a dialect continuum with Scots, and then closest related to the Low Saxon and Frisian languages, English is genealogically West Germanic. However, its vocabulary is also distinctively influenced by dialects of France (about 29% of Modern English words) and Latin (also about 29%), plus some grammar and a small amount of core vocabulary influenced by Old Norse (a North Germanic language). Speakers of English are called Anglophones. The earliest forms of English, collectively known as Old English, evolved from a group of West Germanic (Ingvaeonic) dialects brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlers in the 5th century and further mutated by Norse-speaking Viking settlers starting in the 8th and 9th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turkish Air Force
The Turkish Air Force ( tr, ) is the aerial warfare service branch of the Turkish Armed Forces. The Turkish Air Force can trace its origins back to June 1911 when it was founded by the Ottoman Empire, however, the air force as it is known today did not come into existence until 1923 with the creation of the Republic of Turkey. It is considered to be the third largest airforce in NATO. In 1998, the Turkish Armed Forces announced a program of modernization worth US$160 billion over a twenty-year period in various projects. $45 billion was earmarked to go to the overhaul of the Turkish Air Force, and includes commissioning new combat aircraft (consisting of multi-role and fifth generation stealth fighters) and helicopters (consisting of heavy lift, attack, medium lift and light general purpose helicopters). According to Flight International ( Flightglobal.com) and the International Institute for Strategic Studies, the Turkish Air Force has an active strength of 50,000 mil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
