Աբդուլ Համիդ II-ի աքսորի տարիները ժամանակակիցների հուշերում

Abstract

No much data is available on the exile of Abdulhamid II and on the period after his dethronement in 1909. The primary and valuable sources for the researchers studying this period of his life are the memoirs of people who had direct contacts with the ex-sultan in those years. Moreover, relying on these sources, historians still continue to interpret the image of Abdulhamid in completely different ways. Among the fundamental and most important sources about the life and activity of Abdulhamid is the book of Sultan's daughter Ayshe Osmanoglu “My father: Sultan Abdulhamid”, as well as the memoirs of his other daughter Shadiye Osmanoglu. The letters of his son Mehmet Abid Efendi, written in the 1950s to his friends living in Turkey, also contain some information. According to experts, the memoirs of Atif bey, the personal doctor of Abdulhamid during the exile, are also an important source.