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Gazi Osman Paşa was born in Tokat in 1833. His real name was Osman Nuri. His father, Mehmed Efendi, was an official at the timber customs office in Istanbul, and his mother was Şâkire Hatun. Osman was the only male child in the family. At the age of seven or eight, he moved to Istanbul with his family, where he began his education in military schools. He first attended the Beşiktaş Military Rüştiyesi and then the Askerî İdadî. In 1853, he graduated second in his class from Harbiye and became a s

Plevne March is a military march composed from folk songs that emerged among the people, commemorating the resistance and heroism displayed by the Ottoman army under the command of Gazi Osman Pasha during the Siege of Plevna in the 1877–1878 Russo-Turkish War (also known as the 93 War). The march became one of the war’s most enduring symbols and generated widespread resonance across the Ottoman territories and around the world. Historical Background The Battles of Plevna took place on the wester