Turkish Collection (page 77)

Armenians celebrate the new constitution
The entrance of the Armenian Church St. Trinity where the Armenians are celebrating the new Constitution, established after the Young Turk Revolution of July 3, 1908

Proclamation of the new Constitution
The Proclamation of the new Constitution established after the Young Turk Revolution of July 3, 1908. The crowd assembled in front of the Town Hall to hear the proclamation by the Inspector General

Armenian schoolchildren celebrate the new constitution
Armenian schoolchildren celebrating the new Constitution, established after the Young Turk Revolution of July 3, 1908

Opening of Parliament - waiting for the Sultan
Opening of the Turkish Parliament - waiting for the Sultan to arrive in his box (back centre). There is a balcony on the upper right full of the diplomatic Corp, there as observers to the proceedings

Italo-Turkish War (1911-12) - Italian troops search an Oasis
Italian troops search a Turkish Oasis for Turkish troops. The Italo Turkish War was launched by Italy against Turkey, with the aim of gaining Libya

The Ottoman Fleet - a patriotic card from the time of WWI

Proclamation of the new Constitution - Salonica
The proclamation of the new Constitution - Salonica (now part of Greece), on 24th July 1908 - revolutionary military group from Resna, South West Macedonia under the commmand of Melek Bey

Egyptian Beauty amoking
An alluring Egyptian beauty turns her gaze outwards from behind her sheer veil, as she smoking a cigarette

Turkish Student Club - German University
A Turkish Student Club at a German University. A very unusual postcard that such an occurance as this should have been recorded at all!

Ada-Kaleh - Bego Mustaffa
Bego Mustaffa - almost certainly the ruler and headman of the fortified Turkish Island of Ada-Kaleh (1895 - 1900). The town is now underwater

Marmaris - Main Square
Turkey - The Main Square (with water fountain) at Marmaris in the province of Caria. The ancient name for Marmaris was Physkos - part of the Rhodian Empire during the reign of Alexander the Great

Medical School - Haida Pacha, Istanbul

Launching of Turkish Battleship Reshadieh at Vickers Works, Barrow-on-Furness in September 1913. Almost complete at outbreak of war in August 1914 - seized by British Government

Patriotic Postcard in favour of the Constitution
Patriotic Postcard in favour of the Turkish Constitution. The revolution of 1908 resulted in the Sultan restoring the constitution - it having been suspended for more than 30 years

Inauguration of the new Barracks at Merzifon (formerly Marsovan)

Turkish soldiers on leave in Nice
Turkish soldiers in Nice, France whilst on leave

Turkish POWs - Dardanelles, 1915
Turkish Prisoners of War in the Dardanelles - Moudros, 1915

Marmaris - View from the Sea
Turkey - general view from the sea of Marmaris in the province of Caria. The ancient name for Marmaris was Physkos - part of the Rhodian Empire during the reign of Alexander the Great

Turkish Imperial Yacht Izzeddin
The Turkish Imperial Yacht Izzeddin

Turkish Soldier - advertising postcard
Fun advertising card depicting a Turkish soldier without any shoes!

Mersin - French Troops
French troops debarking (December 1918) at Mersin in order to occupy Cilicia. A large city and a busy port on the Mediterranean coast of southern Turkey and is the capital of the Mersin Province

Ottoman Flags
Collection of Ottoman Flags

One Year of World War 1914-15 - highlighting the allies to the German war effort including the Ottoman Empire

Ataturk Primary School
Pupils at the Ataturk Primary School -

Ottoman Cruiser Abdul Mejid and its crew
Turkey - Ottoman Cruiser Abdul Mejid and its crew

Ada-Kaleh, The Mosque
Ada-Kaleh - The Mosque. The fortified Turkish Island of Ada-Kaleh, now underwater. Situated on the Danube - submerged in 1970 due to the building of a hydro-electric station

Fishing Boats on the Sea of Marmara, Istanbul

Manisa on the Meander, Turkey - Grape Festival
Famous grape Festival at Manisa on the Meander River, Turkey

Interior in an Eastern Turkish house from Mardin, Turkey. Showing a very distinctive regional costume. Mardin is located on a rocky mountain overlooking the plains of northern Syria

Iskenderun - Turkey
Fine waterside buildings at Iskenderun, Turkey. Also known as Alexandretta in Greek and in English Alexandrette. Turkish city at the far eastern end of the Mediterranean coast

Turkish Baths, Jermyn Street, London, 1862
Engraving showing the Meshlakh, or cooling room, of the Turkish Baths in Jermyn Street, London, 1862

Turkish troops listening to the Sheikh-Ul-Islams proclamation in Constantinople

Turkish Delight
A rather portly Turkish sultan, reclining on plump cushions is bedazzled by a Turkish dancer whose silhouette can be seen in the foreground

Crete Revolt
Encampment of insurgents : the people of Crete, predominantly Christian, seek to throw off Turkish rule : they win some victories but are ultimately unsuccessful

Turks Take Rhodes
The Ottoman empire has another go at Rhodes, and this time they are successful : the Knights of St John are defeated and expelled, and the island is under Turkish rule

Turkish Spy
A Turkish spy is captured by Herzegovinian guerillas, and summarily despatched to the Muslim paradise

Crete Revolt - 2
Turkish camp in Souda Bay : the people of Crete, predominantly Christian, seek to throw off Turkish rule : they win some victories but are ultimately unsuccessful

Crete Revolt - 3
The insurgents besiege Castel- Skiphos. The people of Crete, predominantly Christian, seek to throw off Turkish rule : they win some victories but are ultimately unsuccessful

Crete Revolt - 6
Antonoussa Castanopoulos, a Cretan insurgent in the unsuccessful attempt to throw off Turkish rule

Refugee at Rhodes
Pierre d Aubusson, Grand Master of the Knights of St John, entertains the son of the Turkish sultan who has sought refuge on the island

Turks Quit Belgrade
The Turkish forces of occupation evacuate Belgrade, which will now become the capital of Serbia, and eventually of Yugoslavia

Students Celebrate
Students at the University of Athens, most of them wearing national costume, celebrate 25 years of independence from Turkish rule

Skirmish with Turks
Intermittent hostilities continue to occur between Greece and Turkey : the Greek warship Enosis returns to Syra after a skirmish with a Turkish frigate

Montenegro Revolt
Insurrection of Montenegro against Ottoman rule : Lukas Vukolowich, patriot leader, resists the Turkish invasion as best he can, and a treaty imposes compromise terms

Crete Revolt - 5
A Cretan insurgent in the unsuccessful attempt to throw off Turkish rule

Border Skirmish
Intermittent fighting continues on the frontier between Greece and Turkey : an encounter between Greek guerillas and Turkish border guards

Germans & Turks at a new munitions factory
Turkish and German soldiers at the entrance of a Krupps munitions factory near Constantinople. Turkey entered the war as an ally of Germany in October 1914

The Representatives at the Conference of Constantinople, 187
Engraving showing the four main representatives at the Conference of Constantinople, 1876 (clockwise from top left): Savfet Pasha, Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs; General Ignatieff

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