Izmir #3

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Good to see you again. Today I tell you about Ottoman rule in Izmir.

In 1415 Mehmet I took Smyrna to Ottoman Empire. He changed the name to Izmir.  At the reign of Sultan Suleiman, Europeans get permission to free trade and settlement at the city. The first Ottoman governor of Izmir was the son of the Bulgarian Shishman dynasty. During the reign of Mehmed III in Izmir were built the Hisar Mosque. 

It has been constructed by Aydınoğlu Yakup Bey. After damage, the mosque was restored in 1813, 1881, 1927 and 1980. 

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Weruka

Ottoman Empire #4

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Today I'll tell you about Hurrem Sultan, she started sultanate of women in Ottoman Empire.

Roxelana - Hurrem (1505 - 1558 )

Probably she came from Poland, in 1520 drifted to Sultan Suleiman's harem. Hurrm bore him five children - Mehmet, Mihrimah, Selim ( future Sultan ), Bayezid and Cihangir. In 1530 she became sultan's wife. Sultan was known for her charity work. As the first woman in Turkey built mosques. In a war of impacts at the royal court, she contributed to the death of Mustafa ( Sultan Suleiman's son ) and Grand Vizier Ibrahim. Hurrem never was Valide Sultan, she died on 15 April 1558. 

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Weruka

Ottoman Empire #3

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Today I'll tell you about the best Sultan of Ottman Empire. During his government's, Empire turned the top of power.

Suleiman was born in 1494 as the son of Selim I and  Ayşe Hafsa. He was the tenth sultan of Ottoman Empire. He led a lot of wars. Conquered Rhodes, Buda ( today Budapest), Belgrade and Baghdad. Suleiman liked to wrote poems, in his works he signed Muhibbi. Sultan wrote the most poems to his wife Hurrem. 

This is one of them:

Throne of my lonely niche, my wealth, my love, my moonlight.

My most sincere friend, my confidant, my very existence, my Sultan, my one and only love.

The most beautiful among the beautiful ...

My springtime, my merry faced love, my daytime, my sweetheart, laughing leaf ...

My plants, my sweet, my rose, the one only who does not distress me in this room ...

My Istanbul, my Karaman, the earth of my Anatolia

My Badakhshan, my Baghdad and Khorasan

My woman of the beautiful hair, my love of the slanted brow, my love of eyes full of misery ...

I'll sing your praises always

I, lover of the tormented heart, Muhibbi of the eyes full of tears, I am happy

Suleiman took care about culture. His main architect, Sinan built a lot of beautiful buildings, for example, Süleymaniye Mosque in Istambul. It is the second largest mosque in the city.

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Weruka

Ottoman Empire #2

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Today I'll tell you about the most powerful women in Ottoman Empire.

Kosem (1589-1651)

She lived in Ottoman Empire during the reign of six sultans, three times she was a regent as the mother of Murad IV and Ibrahim, and grandmother of Mehmed IV. Kosem came from Greece, she probably was the wife of Sultan Ahmed I. As the only received title of Valide-i Muazzama (magnificent mother). Kosem was murdered at the behest of  Turhan Hatice.

Turhan Hatice (1627-1683)

She was one of the eight Haseki Sultans of Ibrahim I, she wasn't his legal wife. In 1642 Turhan born, future sultan, Mehmed IV. When Ibrahim died in 1648, her son took authority so she should become the Valide Sultan. But Hatice was too young and Kosem got this emplacement. She was too ambitious to pass up this position, Turhan decided to kill Kosem.

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Ottoman Empire

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At this month I'll tell you about Ottoman Empire.
In this post, I'll show you the first three Sultans of Ottoman Empire.

Osman I (1258-1324), was the first ruler. He is perceived as a founder of Ottoman dynasty who governed in the empire. 

Orhan (1281-1362), son of Osman I,  introduced a lot of military reforms and he established Bursa as the capital city.

Murad I (1326-1389) was the first who used the title of Sultan. He created Divan ( Sultan's council ) and a position of Grand Vizier. Murad conquered Adrianople ( today Edirne ) and made it the new capital. He died during the battle of Kosovo

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Weruka

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