Before Turkish Premier Recep Tayyip Erdogan there was another Recep from Kasimpasa, Yılmaz GüneyMavi Boncuk |
These days, Kasımpaşa (the Istanbul semt; district that Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Singer Seda Sayan call home), is also home to a substantial community of gypsies. But it wasn't always so...
In Ottoman history there are 4 famous Ottoman 'Generals' who are remembered by the name Kasım Paşa (Kasim Pasa); General November:
The first was Rumeli Beylerbeyi Kasım Paşa (died 1443, Istanbul)
The second (who died 1485 in Edirne [Adrianopolis]) was Evliya Kasım Paşa.
The third, who was not only a soldier but also a respected administrator, was Güzelce Kasım Paşa (died 1543 in Gallipoli).
The fourth, a highly-regarded soldier-surgeon of the 17th Century, bore the name Cerrah Kasım Paşa.
The Kasımpaşa district of Istanbul (Constantinople) was actually meant to honor the third of these esteemed personages, Güzelce ('Modestly-beautiful') Kasım Paşa -- who served as one of Süleyman the Magnificent's minor viziers during the Sultan's nearly successful campaign to capture Vienna in 1529. Then, during the Hapsburg Siege of Buda in 1530, when the 'Modestly-beautiful' General supervised the successful defense of the city against King Ferdinand's Austrian forces (led by General Wilhelm von Roggendorf -- who had been one of the heroic Austrian defenders at Vienna the previous year) -- Güzelce Kasım Paşa really caught the Sultan's eye.
Süleyman promoted the Genaral to Second Vizier, and, upon their triumphant return to Istanbul, the Sultan honored Güzelce Kasım Paşa with the position of Sadaret Kaymakamı -- responsible for representing the Grand Vizier at the head of the Ottoman Army when it went out on war campaign.
KASIMPAŞALI RECEP
Directed and Produced by: Nuri Akıncı; Written by: Yılmaz Güney; Cinemtography by: Cezmi Ar; Cast: Yılmaz Güney (Recep), Tijen Par (Hülya), Devlet Devrim, Ali Şen, Hüseyin Peyda, Mine Sun, Selma Güneri (Ufaklık), Faruk Panter, Mine Soley, Cahit Irgat (Kemal), Danyal Topatan, Hasan Ceylan, Mehmet Ali Akpınar(Kabakçı Süleyman), Kadri Ögelman, Nusret Özkaya, Abdullah Ferah, Necip Tekçe, Ersun Kazançel, Hülya Demirtay
In Ottoman history there are 4 famous Ottoman 'Generals' who are remembered by the name Kasım Paşa (Kasim Pasa); General November:
The first was Rumeli Beylerbeyi Kasım Paşa (died 1443, Istanbul)
The second (who died 1485 in Edirne [Adrianopolis]) was Evliya Kasım Paşa.
The third, who was not only a soldier but also a respected administrator, was Güzelce Kasım Paşa (died 1543 in Gallipoli).
The fourth, a highly-regarded soldier-surgeon of the 17th Century, bore the name Cerrah Kasım Paşa.
The Kasımpaşa district of Istanbul (Constantinople) was actually meant to honor the third of these esteemed personages, Güzelce ('Modestly-beautiful') Kasım Paşa -- who served as one of Süleyman the Magnificent's minor viziers during the Sultan's nearly successful campaign to capture Vienna in 1529. Then, during the Hapsburg Siege of Buda in 1530, when the 'Modestly-beautiful' General supervised the successful defense of the city against King Ferdinand's Austrian forces (led by General Wilhelm von Roggendorf -- who had been one of the heroic Austrian defenders at Vienna the previous year) -- Güzelce Kasım Paşa really caught the Sultan's eye.
Süleyman promoted the Genaral to Second Vizier, and, upon their triumphant return to Istanbul, the Sultan honored Güzelce Kasım Paşa with the position of Sadaret Kaymakamı -- responsible for representing the Grand Vizier at the head of the Ottoman Army when it went out on war campaign.
KASIMPAŞALI RECEP
Directed and Produced by: Nuri Akıncı; Written by: Yılmaz Güney; Cinemtography by: Cezmi Ar; Cast: Yılmaz Güney (Recep), Tijen Par (Hülya), Devlet Devrim, Ali Şen, Hüseyin Peyda, Mine Sun, Selma Güneri (Ufaklık), Faruk Panter, Mine Soley, Cahit Irgat (Kemal), Danyal Topatan, Hasan Ceylan, Mehmet Ali Akpınar(Kabakçı Süleyman), Kadri Ögelman, Nusret Özkaya, Abdullah Ferah, Necip Tekçe, Ersun Kazançel, Hülya Demirtay
Ha ha!It is amazing you found another Kasımpaşalı Recep.Men from Kasıpaşa are usually macho as you see in the film .I watched this film years ago.
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