EVENTS IN TURKEY.
THE EX-SULTAN'S FAYOUMTE SON. GARMSON EXECUTIONS. (bi TitKiairu—ruEss issopiATinH—copihiohtJ London, May 17. '.' Reutor's' agent at, Constantinople reports that Burhan Ed-din, the favourite 6on of Abdul Hamid,tho deposed Sultan, has been arrested, and interned in one of the palaces of the capital. ~'..'■ Constantinople, May 17. ' Two officers at Selinich barrac!:s,and three policemen have been hanged at Constantinople in connection "with the recent revolt. . THE FAVOURITE CRITICISED. , Burhan. Ed-din, the ox-Sultan's third ' and favourite son, while deficient in those personal attractions for which his fathor is admired, used to bo Abdul Hamid's constant companion. The education of the prince' (writes "Current Literature") hos x bcen mainly Gorman; ; Tutors from Berlin have taught him the art of, war, and professors from Jena have given him courses in philosophy. His religious training ivas the objeot of his father's special. solicitude, and it is said that Burhan Ed-din is the delight of all sheikhs on account of his acquaintance with the Commentaries'as .well as with the secred text. Burhan Ed-din greatly distinguished himself: when ho was a student at El-Azhar, the supreme seat of learning of tho wholo Islam world at Cairo... For all that, ho is not deemed brilliant, nor did he inspire popular enthusiasm when he wont with his father to the mosque for the sublime ceremony of tho Selamlik, Troth to .tall, the courage of Burhan Ed-din has boon impeached .more than'once by his detractors, who roundly accuse him of bolting a few years ago when an attempt was mado to assassinate his father. Burhan Ed-din is likewise accused of secret indulgence in champagne—a flat defiance, this, of the of that.religion ho professes to revere. It ia,further intimated that the .number of- his wives is remarkably large for so young a "prince. He has become fat in the past few years. In.'short, Burhan Ed-din is pronounced by somo Constantinopolitans a coward and a glutton, pverbearing in demeanour and spoiled,
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 511, 19 May 1909, Page 7
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320EVENTS IN TURKEY. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 511, 19 May 1909, Page 7
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