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  • TURKISH PRINCESSES OF THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE IN EXILE

    TURKISH PRINCESSES OF THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE IN EXILE

    What if Sabiha Sultan had said yes to Atatürk’s marriage proposal? How would history be written for Turkey and the world? What would the lives of the sultans be like? Who knows?

    Some of the Turkish sultans and princesses played important roles in the development of women’s status in the countries they went to, they became role models for women with their contemporary behaviors, education and culture. They left schools, hospitals and social aid organizations behind them.

    Isn’t it interesting that the last caliph was a painter? He was the founder of the first painters association of the Ottoman Empire. Isn’t it more intersting that the leader of whole islamic world played the çello? What if Caliph Abdulmecid had listened to the warnings of the Ankara Government and was not interested in politics, had not been in conflict with them and the caliphate had continued?

    What if Sabiha Sultan had said yes to Atatürk’s marriage proposal? How would history be written for Turkey and the world? What would the lives of the sultans be like? Who knows?……

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  • How Turks eased hunger of our Famine

    How Turks eased hunger of our Famine

    drogheda unitedBy Ken Sweeney Entertainment Editor 

    A TURKISH film that tells of how the Ottoman Empire sent food aid to Ireland at the height of the Famine will begin shooting here this July.

    ‘Hunger’ is based on events during 1847, when — moved by stories of the humanitarian disaster in Ireland — the Sultan of the Ottoman empire, Abdul Majid, sent £1,000 and three ships laden with food to Drogheda, Co Louth.

    “It’s a little-known but inspiring story,” writer and director Omer Sarikaya told the Irish Independent.

    The filmmaker will travel to Ireland in three weeks time to audition Irish actors for the project, which will be filmed in both Turkey and Ireland.

    “Our film tells an incredible story, but also the meeting of a Turkish sailor called Fatih, and an Irish woman called Mary.

    “This is a story of two countries coming together during sadness and a love affair between two people from different countries,” Mr Sarikaya said.

    Legend has it that the Sultan Abdul Majid had intended to pledge £10,000 to Irish farmers but that Queen Victoria requested that he send only £1,000, because she herself had only donated £2,000.

    But apparently the sultan, after agreeing to the change, secretly sent three ships to Ireland laden with food.

    The Turkish generosity is remembered by a plaque which was unveiled at the West Court Hotel in West Street, Drogheda, in 1995.

    Former president Mary McAleese referred to the episode when she addressed guests at a state dinner in Ankara in 2010.

    – Ken Sweeney Entertainment Editor

    www.independent.ie, January 23 2012