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This article discusses efforts in 1894 by the Ottoman Empire to organize an agricultural and industrial exhibition in Istanbul called the "Dersaadet Agricultural and Industrial Exhibition" but which ultimately failed due to an earthquake. A commission was established and led by Selim Melhame to plan the exhibition on the orders of Sultan Abdulhamid II to promote economic development. Preparations were underway to gather products from across the empire to display but the 1894 Istanbul earthquake halted the e
- Author
- Yunus Emre Yiğit
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- EN