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the Empire's lands and teaching other young people Darwinism, which made

the theory spread like wildfire.

Books and articles of Ahmed Midhat Efendi, another evolutionist, were

also widely used as reference texts in the university. Dağarcık (Repertoire)
magazine published by Ahmed Midhat Efendi in 1871 heavily propagandized

the erroneous idea of evolution while its tens of thousands of copies were
widely circulated throughout the Empire. He claimed that 'humans had in-

herently violent qualities as humans were also sort of animals' as he defend-
ed the violence of social Darwinism as follows:

Revenge is a sort of justice, is a violent justice. Evil is done rarely for pleasure,

but rather it is pursued for greed, reputation and interests. Then how do we
know that the evil behavior, a part of our nature, will harm us? If teazel hurts,
it's because it's created that way. 117

Similarly, the 'Ottoman Society of Science' founded by Münif Pasha, who
was the Minister of Education during the reign of Abdul Hamid II, aimed at

spreading materialism and evolution through scientific journals. Their first

journal, Mecmua-i Fünûn (Journal of Sciences) was filled with evolutionist
propaganda. Sultan Abdülaziz had previously dismissed Münif Pasha due to

Mecmua-i Fünûn, which was published
by Münif Pasha as 'the first Ottoman
scientific journal', promoted Darwinism.

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