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Adnan Harun Yahya

Servet-i Fünun (Wealth of Knowledge) magazine, known for its materialist and
Darwinist articles, was only one example of the Darwinist publications during
the reign of Abdul Hamid II. (1892)

propagandizing evolution but when Abdul Hamid II ascended to the throne,

Münif Pasha was again made the Minister of Education.

Darwinist and materialist inculcation worked, with results becoming
quickly visible as the Ottoman intelligentsia began gathering around the so-

called New Literature Movement and its publication Servet-i Fünûn (Wealth
of Knowledge), which acted as the hub of materialism and positivism. Ab-

dülhak Hamid Tarhan and Recaizade Mahmud Ekrem, the leading poets and
authors of the movement, entertained following twisted views that would no

doubt impair the moral values of the society:

Islamic civilization had reached the end of its lifetime.

A new civilization rose in the West, with new thoughts, sociology and tech-

niques.

This civilization will, sooner or later, destroy the Ottoman Empire.