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Silistra (Bulgarian: Силистра [siˈlistrɐ]; Turkish:
Silistre; Romanian:
Silistra or Dârstor) is a town in
Northeastern Bulgaria. The town lies on the southern...
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Vatan Yahut Silistre ("The
Motherland or
Silistre") was a play
composed by the
Ottoman poet and
political essayist Namık
Kemal in 1872. It was one of...
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Eyalet of
Silistra or
Silistria (Ottoman Turkish: ایالت سیلیستره; Eyālet-i
Silistre),
later known as Özü
Eyalet (Ottoman Turkish: ایالت اوزی; Eyālet-i Özi)...
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Hazret Süleyman
Hilmi Tunahan (1888,
Silistre,
Bulgaria - 16
September 1959; Kısıklı, Üsküdar,
Istanbul ); is the
founder of the Süleymancılar community...
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wrote his most
significant and
influential work: the play
Vatan Yahut Silistre,
which translates to "Homeland or Silistra." The play
tells the
story of...
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Ottoman period and was
bound to, successively, the
Rumeli Eyalet and
Silistre Eyalet before becoming a
provincial capital of the
Eyalet of
Edirne at...
- importance.: Bey of the Pasha-sanjak
Bosnia Morea ****dire
Vidin Hersek Silistre Ohri
Avlonya Iskenderiyye Yanya Gelibolu Köstendil
Nikebolu Sofia Inebahti...
- wars with the
Russians continued. In 1810, the
Russians surrounded the
Silistre fortress for the
second time. When
Emperor Napoleon I of
France declared...
- 1860, when it
became a
province capital. It
became a
sanjak centre in
Silistre Eyaleti in 1860 and Tuna
Vilayeti in 1864. In 1853, The
Times of London...
- most
settled in the
areas surrounding Mecidiye, Babadag, Köstence, Tulça,
Silistre, Beştepe, or
Varna and went on to
create villages named in
honor of their...
