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Her ça¤›n bir ruhu vard›r ve bu ruh o ça¤›n devlet sahiplerine benzer flekiller verir, onlar› birer heykel gibi yontarak zamana uyakl› k›lar.
Mesela, XVI. yüzy›l sadece Osmanl›
‹mparatorlu¤u’nda Muhteflem Süleyman’›n güçlü bir kiflilik olarak k›l›ç kufland›¤› bir devre de¤ildir. Bu as›r bütün dünyada demir bileklerin imparatorluklar yönetti¤i bir büyük hükümdarlar devri olmufltur. 1520’de padiflah olan
Kanunî’nin ça¤›nda ‹ngiltere’de VIII. Henry ve
I. Elizabeth, Fransa’da I. Fransuva, ‹spanya’da fiarlken, sonra Rusya’da Korkunç ‹van tahta geçmifltir. Do¤u’da ‹ran’da fiah ‹smail ve
Tahmasb, Hindistan’da Babür ve Ekber fiahlar hüküm sürmüfltür. Böylece yar›m as›r boyunca, ilim ve sanatta bir yenilenme yaflayan eski dünyan›n kaderine muhteflem muktedirler, muhteris muzafferler mühür vurmufltur. ‹flte
II. Abdülhamid dönemini (1876-1909) de böyle bir k›yas zaviyesinden görmek ve ça¤›n ruhunu endâm›yla gösteren prizmadan bakarak anlamak laz›md›r. Every era has a soul and that soul imposes a similar form on the owners of the states, shaping them like a statue and setting the tone for the era. For example, the 16th century in the
Ottoman Empire was not just an era in which
Süleyman the Magnificent girded the sword as a powerful person; this was an era in which all the mighty empires were governed by great rulers. In the age of Süleyman the Magnificent, who succeeded to the throne in 1520, Henry VIII and Elizabeth I reigned in England and France was ruled by Francois; Charles V governed
Spain and Ivan the Terrible stormed over
Russia. To the east, Shah Ismail and Tahmasb ruled, in India Babur Shah and Akbar Shah reigned. Thus, for half a century, magnificent kings and ambitious victors imposed their stamp on the fate of the old world, which was undergoing innovations in science and art. We must examine the later era of Abdülhamid II
(1876-1909) from a similar comparative angle and from a prism that reflects the soul of the age, as well.
Mesela, XVI. yüzy›l sadece Osmanl›
‹mparatorlu¤u’nda Muhteflem Süleyman’›n güçlü bir kiflilik olarak k›l›ç kufland›¤› bir devre de¤ildir. Bu as›r bütün dünyada demir bileklerin imparatorluklar yönetti¤i bir büyük hükümdarlar devri olmufltur. 1520’de padiflah olan
Kanunî’nin ça¤›nda ‹ngiltere’de VIII. Henry ve
I. Elizabeth, Fransa’da I. Fransuva, ‹spanya’da fiarlken, sonra Rusya’da Korkunç ‹van tahta geçmifltir. Do¤u’da ‹ran’da fiah ‹smail ve
Tahmasb, Hindistan’da Babür ve Ekber fiahlar hüküm sürmüfltür. Böylece yar›m as›r boyunca, ilim ve sanatta bir yenilenme yaflayan eski dünyan›n kaderine muhteflem muktedirler, muhteris muzafferler mühür vurmufltur. ‹flte
II. Abdülhamid dönemini (1876-1909) de böyle bir k›yas zaviyesinden görmek ve ça¤›n ruhunu endâm›yla gösteren prizmadan bakarak anlamak laz›md›r. Every era has a soul and that soul imposes a similar form on the owners of the states, shaping them like a statue and setting the tone for the era. For example, the 16th century in the
Ottoman Empire was not just an era in which
Süleyman the Magnificent girded the sword as a powerful person; this was an era in which all the mighty empires were governed by great rulers. In the age of Süleyman the Magnificent, who succeeded to the throne in 1520, Henry VIII and Elizabeth I reigned in England and France was ruled by Francois; Charles V governed
Spain and Ivan the Terrible stormed over
Russia. To the east, Shah Ismail and Tahmasb ruled, in India Babur Shah and Akbar Shah reigned. Thus, for half a century, magnificent kings and ambitious victors imposed their stamp on the fate of the old world, which was undergoing innovations in science and art. We must examine the later era of Abdülhamid II
(1876-1909) from a similar comparative angle and from a prism that reflects the soul of the age, as well.