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| '''Nene Hatun''' (]- ] ]) was a twenty year old woman with a three month old baby at the start of the ], which is known as the "The war of 93" (''93 Harbi'') in ] in reference to the ] in which the war was fought. She had been living in a neighborhood of ] called ] that was close to an important fortification defending the city. In November 1877 Aziziye Fort was attacked by the Russians. They captured it, carrying off 500 Turkish prisoners. A Turkish counter-attack followed and the Russians were heavily defeated and forced to retreat partly due to the actions of women volunteers from the city's civilian population. Nene Hatun was identified as being the most heroic of them all and became a symbol of bravery. Third-party reports on the battle for Aziziye Fort shed a less-favourable light on the events and speak of terrible mutilations being inflicted on the Russian soldiers. "Nearly every Russian found lying on the ground was decapitated or otherwise mangled; and the dreadful crimes appear to have been perpretrated by women from the city who, when it was seen that the Russians were defeated, issued forth with knives, hatchets, and other household weapons, to dispatch the wounded who lay gasping on the ground." <ref>{{cite book | '''Nene Hatun''' (]- ] ]) was a twenty year old woman with a three month old baby at the start of the ], which is known as the "The war of 93" (''93 Harbi'') in ] in reference to the ] in which the war was fought. She had been living in a neighborhood of ] called ] that was close to an important fortification defending the city. In November 1877 Aziziye Fort was attacked by the Russians. They captured it, carrying off 500 Turkish prisoners. A Turkish counter-attack followed and the Russians were heavily defeated and forced to retreat partly due to the actions of women volunteers from the city's civilian population. Nene Hatun was identified as being the most heroic of them all and became a symbol of bravery. Third-party reports on the battle for Aziziye Fort shed a less-favourable light on the events and speak of terrible mutilations being inflicted on the Russian soldiers. C. B. Norman, reporter for the Daily News, recorded that "Nearly every Russian found lying on the ground was decapitated or otherwise mangled; and the dreadful crimes appear to have been perpretrated by women from the city who, when it was seen that the Russians were defeated, issued forth with knives, hatchets, and other household weapons, to dispatch the wounded who lay gasping on the ground." <ref>{{cite book | ||
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Nene Hatun (1857- May 22 1955) was a twenty year old woman with a three month old baby at the start of the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-78, which is known as the "The war of 93" (93 Harbi) in Turkish in reference to the Hijri year in which the war was fought. She had been living in a neighborhood of Erzurum called Aziziye that was close to an important fortification defending the city. In November 1877 Aziziye Fort was attacked by the Russians. They captured it, carrying off 500 Turkish prisoners. A Turkish counter-attack followed and the Russians were heavily defeated and forced to retreat partly due to the actions of women volunteers from the city's civilian population. Nene Hatun was identified as being the most heroic of them all and became a symbol of bravery. Third-party reports on the battle for Aziziye Fort shed a less-favourable light on the events and speak of terrible mutilations being inflicted on the Russian soldiers. C. B. Norman, reporter for the Daily News, recorded that "Nearly every Russian found lying on the ground was decapitated or otherwise mangled; and the dreadful crimes appear to have been perpretrated by women from the city who, when it was seen that the Russians were defeated, issued forth with knives, hatchets, and other household weapons, to dispatch the wounded who lay gasping on the ground."
Nene Hatun lived in Aziziye her entire life, and died there at the age of 98. She was named as "Mother of the Mothers" in 1955. Until her death, she was also known as the "Mother of the Third Army" because of her close ties with the military personnel in her region. There is a project about shooting a movie about the heroic life of her. The project is expected to be ready by November 2007.
Nene Hatun should not be confused with Mama Hatun who, although associated with the same geography of Erzurum, was an important figure of the 12th century Beylik of Saltuklu.
References
- Ollier, Edmund (1878). Cassell's Illustrated History of the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-78. London. p. 506.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - 93 Harbi'nde Nene Hatun, retrieved 2007-08-30
{{citation}}:|first=missing|last=(help) - The Life of a Turkish Heroine On Screen, retrieved 2007-08-30
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