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Volkan (newspaper)
''Volkan'' (Ottoman Turkish: ''Volcano'') was a short-lived daily newspaper published in Constantinople, Ottoman Empire. The paper was in circulation between 1908 and 1909 and was one of the Islamist publications which were launched in the Second Constitutional period. History and profile ''Volkan'' was started by Derviş Vahdeti in Constantinople on 11 December 1908. Vahdeti asked for financial support from Sultan Abdulhamit before launching the paper. However, this request was not accepted. The publisher of ''Volkan'' was Derviş Vahdeti. He edited the daily until 20 April 1909 when he was arrested. At the beginning the paper was supportive of the new constitution and relatively liberal. However, following the establishment of the Mohammadan Union by Vahdeti the paper became its organ and an ardent critic of the Committee of Union and Progress The Committee of Union and Progress (CUP) ( ota, اتحاد و ترقى جمعيتی, translit=İttihad ve Terakki Cemiyeti, scri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Derviş Vahdeti
Derviş Vahdeti (1870–1909) was a Cypriot-born religious figure and Islamist politician. He was the leading figure of 31 March incident. He was executed on 19 July 1909 due to his role in the incident. Biography Vahdeti was born in Cyprus in 1870. He worked as a hafiz there and joined the Naqshbandi order or the Bektaşi order. In 1902 he settled in Constantinople where he began to work as a public servant. After a while he was exiled to Diyarbakır and soon returned to Constantinople. He attempted to continue to work in his former post, but he was not given the post. He established a daily newspaper entitled '' Volkan'' in 1908 for which he asked for financial support from Sultan Abdulhamid. However, his request was not accepted by the Sultan. He headed a Islamist movement, Muhammadan Union (Ittihad-i Muhammadi in Ottoman Turkish), which was founded by him on 5 April 1908 and was one of the major critics of the Committee of Union and Progress. His paper also acted as the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |