Abstract:

In 1853, as a result of the events that began with Russia's attack on the port of Sinop and burning the Ottoman Navy, the Ottoman Empire decided to declare war. In 1854, the British and the French, and in 1855, the Kingdom of Sardinia joined the Crimean War taking sides with the Ottoman Empire. This incident is very important for European diplomacy. After the ongoing conflicts in Crimea, Caucasus and Rumelia, the Crimean War ended with the Paris Peace Treaty signed on 25 February 1856. Among the soldiers who fought in the Ottoman army for the Crimean War were those from the Syrian-Lebanese province. After the war, in memory of these soldiers who were martyred in the Crimean War, Mount Lebanon Governor Nasri Franko Pasha ordered the construction of a monument in the Belgrade Forest. This work named Shüheda Makberesi is known to have been built in 1870 (1871?). The aim of this article is to give information about the Crimean War, which has an important place in the history of the Ottoman Empire, and which shaped the process resulting in the Tanzimat and Islahat Firman (Edict of Reformations), and the Shuheda Cemetery Monument built in memory of the soldiers who were martyred in the war. I take this opportunity to commemorate our soldiers who were martyred in the Crimean War.

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