An assassination attempt, also known as Operation Nejuik or the Yıldız attack, was carried out on 21 July 1905 by the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) and anarchist militants against Ottoman Sultan Abdul Hamid II. The attack was perceived as...
Sophie Areshian (Armenian: Սոֆի Արեշյան; 1881–1971), also known by her pseudonym of Rubina, was an Armenian revolutionary and fedayi. She joined the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) after meeting several leaders of the organization in Baku,...
Abdülhamid II or Abdul Hamid II (Ottoman Turkish: عبد الحميد ثانی, romanized: Abd ul-Hamid-i s̱ānī; Turkish: II. Abdülhamid; 21 September 1842 – 10 February 1918) was the 34th sultan of the Ottoman Empire, from 1876 to 1909, and the last sultan to...
Anna Nellens (1871–1926), also known by her nom de guerre Bella, was a Flemish anarchist and activist for the Armenian cause. Together with her husband, Edward Joris, she joined the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) in its plot to assassinate...
Şehzade Mehmed Burhaneddin Efendi (Ottoman Turkish: شهزاده محمد برهان الدين; 19 December 1885 – 15 June 1949) was an Ottoman prince, son of Sultan Abdul Hamid II and Mezidemestan Kadın.
The Yıldız Hamidiye Mosque (Turkish: Yıldız Hamidiye Camii), also called the Yıldız Mosque (Turkish: Yıldız Camii), is an Ottoman imperial mosque located in Yıldız neighbourhood of Beşiktaş district in Istanbul, Turkey, on the way to Yıldız Palace....
Marie Seitz (19th century–20th century), also known by her nom de guerre, Emille, was a German revolutionary and activist for the Armenian cause. She is best known for her involvement in Operation Nejuik, organized by the Armenian Revolutionary...
This is a list of survivors of assassination attempts. For successful assassination attempts, see List of assassinations.
The Ottoman Committee of Union and Progress (CUP, also translated as the Society of Union and Progress; Ottoman Turkish: اتحاد و ترقى جمعيتی, romanized: İttihad ve Terakki Cemiyeti, French: Union et Progrès) was a revolutionary group, secret...
The history of Istanbul during the Ottoman Empire covers the period from the capture of Constantinople by the Turks on 29 May 1453 to the abolition of the Ottoman Empire in 1922 and the transfer of the capital of Turkey to Ankara on 13 October 1923....
