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Military Anthem Notebook
DEFINITION
It is a notebook in which a soldier serving in the Ottoman Empire takes notes, contains anthems and poems.
SIZE
110×170 mm 42 Pages
PERIOD
World War I
DESCRIPTION
It is in a good condition. The notebook entries were written with a pen. The skin is made of hard cardboard, and the piece of fabric that holds the skin was added later. Some additions have been made in it by unknown persons. In the notebook, there are sections such as “Boru Çaldı Anthem-Homeland Song- O Glorious Army Anthem - Turkish Army Anthem-Dağ Başını Duman Almış-Ottoman Flag-Soldier Song (I)-Soldier Song (II)- Regiment Anthem - Homeland (Song)- Sultan Osman-Muhacirin Çocuğunun Feryadı- Soldier Song (III)- Homeland Song (Arabic)- Ağla Bülbül- Keşşaflar Folk Song- Yine Düşman Kurmuş Hududa Pusu- Soldier Song (IV)- Homeland Song- Hep Kardeşiz- Asker Oluyorum Ben – Çağırıyor Song- Kin (Poem)- Yurdumun İniltisi (Poem)- Rumeli Anthem- Dardane Anthem- Yeni İstila Anthem- Army Anthem- Sancak Anthem” ve “Letter of the Soldier” ve “Telegraph Letters” and Account (math) Notebook” and “Gematria Numbers”.
STORY
In the Ottoman Empire, music and anthems played an important role in the official events of the army and in battles. Military music was performed using various instruments such as drums, clarion, pipe, nakkare, jingling johnny, kös and miskal. Anthems were used to regulate the movement of soldiers, to ensure coordination during the war and to give motivation. Mehterhane, on the other hand, was the official military music union of the Ottoman army and was played at important official events. Janissary Anthems have become a symbol of the Ottoman Empire and had an important place in Turkish culture. The notebook we have is the notebook in which one of our soldiers takes notes of the anthems. It is understood that the unidentified owner of the notebook is from the Gölbaşı district of Ankara from the note he wrote on the notebook. This notebook consists of anthems and poems that were common in the Ottoman armies and some of which have been forgotten today.