Yıldız Sarayı’nın Yağmalandığı İddiası, Mütareke Dönemindeki Yağma Davası ve Neticesi
The Claim that Yildiz Palace Was Looted, the Looting Case in the Armistice Period and its Result

Summary/Abstract: One of the most important events of the 2nd Constitutional period, the March 31 Incident, was completely suppressed after the Movement Army took control of the city and the Yıldız Palace after walking from Istanbul to Thessaloniki. Subsequently, Sultan Abdulhamid II was “related” to the incident and was exiled to Thessaloniki. When it came to the Armistice period, the Movement Army has been allegedly raided by the Yıldız Palace in the process of taking it under control. Opponents of the Committee of Union and Progress have accused members of the Union and Movement Army of looting the Yıldız Palace, seizing money and valuables in it. These accusations, perhaps which were voiced after the end of 1909, was highlighted since October 1918, when the Unionists were forced to abandon their power. Because after the Union and Progress left the power, the Unionists began to be regarded as a relentless "enemy" of the state and the nation.. Thus, during the Armistice period, the judgments against the Unionists, which were considered to be responsible of every evil, were initiated. One of the accusations against the Unionist in this process was the allegations of 1909 Yıldız Palace Looting. Thus, the claims of looting became the subject of litigation. In the consequence of the judgment carried out by the 1st Customary Court Martial in the chairmanship of Nemrut Mustafa Pasha, and many people including Landed Proprietor member Ferik Hüseyin Hüsnü, Galip and Riza Pashas were expelled from the military profession on the grounds of “looting” and they have been sentenced to various kinds of punishment. In this study, in the light of archive resources, newspapers and memories, the dimensions of the claims of Yıldız Palace looting after the dethronement of Abdulhamid will be discussed. In addition, it will focus on the judgments and punishment over the allegations of looting during the Armistice period.

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