The Reşadiye Marşı ( eng, March of Reşad) was the
imperial anthem of the Ottoman Empire from 1909 to 1918. Upon the commencement of Sultan
Mehmed V Reşad
Mehmed V Reşâd ( ota, محمد خامس, Meḥmed-i ḫâmis; tr, V. Mehmed or ; 2 November 1844 – 3 July 1918) reigned as the 35th and penultimate Ottoman Sultan (). He was the son of Sultan Abdulmejid I. He succeeded his half-brother Ab ...
's reign in 1909, a competition was declared to compose a personal march for the new sultan. The contest was won by Italo Selvelli, who was of Italian descent, as were nearly all the other composers of personal marches for previous sultans.
Like the previous sultan's march, this anthem also had lyrics, although they seem to have been lost to history.
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Anthems