AFGHANISTAN AND AFGHAN PERCEPTION IN SIRATIMUSTAKIM JOURNAL (SEBILU’R-REŞAD) (1909-1914)

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AFGHANISTAN AND AFGHAN PERCEPTION IN SIRATIMUSTAKIM JOURNAL (SEBILU’R-REŞAD) (1909-1914)

The aim of this study, The aim is to reveal the perception among Ottoman intellectuals by evaluating the articles about Afghanistan in Sırâtımüstakîm (Sebilü'r-Reşad), one of the important publications of the Second Constitutional Era.The spread of the Islamism policy, which was at its peak during the reign of Abdulhamid II., to the press and media organs caused the articles in question to focus on Islamic countries. One of the important representatives of the Islamic Union, Sırat-ı Müstakim (Sebilü'r-Reşad) has become a journal containing these writings. Afghanistan, which has been trying to survive as an independent state in the middle of the Anglo-Russian struggle in South Asia for many years, was handled by Ottoman intellectuals in Sırat-ı Müstakim and evaluated within the framework of the conditions and activities they were in that day. Although the majority of the articles are about the political life of Afghanistan, the modernization efforts that started to reach their peak during the reign of Habibullah Khan also have an important place. It is seen that the writers, who act with the thought of Islamism in political issues, study Afghanistan in comparison with other Islamic countries, see Afghanistan and Afghans as a part of the Islamic unity, and are in expectation of situations that benefit both the Ottoman Empire and Afghanistan. Afghanistan, which was seen as a new front against the British in Asia, especially in the period leading up to the First World War, was seen as a sister country where there was always a magnificent development.

 

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The language of the article Turkish
The type of the article Research paper
The field of the article History
Published issue 3. Issue
Page 1-25

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