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The Navy Society, officially known as Donanma-yı Osmanî Muavenet-i Milliye Cemiyeti, is a broad-based civil society organization established during the Second Constitutional Era to mobilize public voluntary support for strengthening and modernizing the Ottoman Navy. Founding and Objectives The society was founded on 19 July 1909 (6 July 1325 in the Rumi calendar) in Istanbul by volunteers. Its establishment was influenced by the deep political social and economic crises facing the Ottoman State