Mizancı Murat

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Mizancı Murat

Mizancı Murat (1853–1912) was an Ottoman monarchist, democrat, historian and politician, who was renowned for his work on reviving the concept of Ottomanism during the Second Constitutional Era.[1]

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Mizancı Murat
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Born1853
Tbilisi, Russian Empire
Died1912
Istanbul, Ottoman Empire
NationalityOttoman
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Biography

Mizancı Murat was born in Tbilisi in 1853.[2] He received education in Russia.[2] Following his graduation he worked as a lecturer at Istanbul University.[2] He was a member of the Young Turks and had a pan-Islamist political stance.[3] In 1886 he launched a newspaper entitled Mizan.[3] Due to his alleged role in the coup against the Committee of Union and Progress in 1909, Mizancı Murat was sent to exile.[2] He returned to Istanbul later, but retired from politics, and he died in 1912.[2]

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