Özet:

This article discusses Gazi Osman Pasha’s life in Russia following his imprisonment by the Russians; his release from captivity in Harkov; and his return to Istanbul from Odessa (Hocabey) right after the exchange following the Treaty of San Stefano, 1878. It focuses on the enthusiastic greeting he received from the state officials, the public, and Sultan Abdulhamit II upon his return and how all of this reflected in the media. His welcoming ceremony is an example of new moral support, a kind of psychological relief, created by publicly elevating the heroic deeds that took place during a devastating war, and the approach to negate the material and spiritual burden of the defeat. It received widespread media coverage in the newspapers of the time such as Takvim-i vekayi, Ceride-i Havadis, Basiret, and Vakit and this was transformed into an extensive public announcement through press even outside Istanbul. Apparently, state-supported psychological elements were behind the newspapers’ loud and exuberant coverage of this event. It has been reported that the mentioned newspaper reports were also resources for the book written on this subject in 1946.

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