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Adnan Harun Yahya

army from getting to Istanbul. However, the Ottoman army in Danube was

heavily defeated because the British admiral was serving not the Ottoman Em-
pire but the British deep state.

As a result, the Russian army reached Yeşilköy (San Stefano), coming very
close to capturing Istanbul. In the meantime, Romania and Serbia declared

their independence and the kingdom of Bulgaria was founded. The Russians
annexed Kars, Ardahan and Batum, which brought the Turkish rule in Cau-

casus to a definitive end. As a result, some 1.5 million Circassians had to flee
to Turkey. Britain also secured Cyprus as a protectorate, which later would

be used as a logistics hub for the Armenian riots.

English Said Pasha was also assigned the task of reconstructing the re-
gion following the Zeitun (Armenian) rebellion. The developments in the re-

gion will be explained in more detail in the chapter on the British deep state
and the Armenians.

Abdullah Cevdet

Abdullah Cevdet was possibly the most ardent supporter of Darwinism
and its promulgation in the Empire. Although religious when he was young,
he was introduced to materialist-Darwinist ideology at the

Medical School. During those days, biologic materi-

alism was spreading fast among the medical stu-
dents, and affected Cevdet as well. With his
articles, he tried to prove his erroneous idea

that 'biologic materialism would in time

take the place of religion'.

Cevdet was also one of the founders of
the 'Society of the Friends of England'.

During the years when Istanbul was under
occupation, he informed on many patriots

involved in the independence movement
and led to their arrest by the British. He also Abdullah Cevdet

played a significant role in the Society for the
Rise of Kurdistan, which worked closely with the