The extraordinary story of Fahrettin Pasha (1868–1948), Defender of Medina, Lawrence of Arabia’s ‘Tiger of the Desert’, who refused to surrender Medina to the British-backed Arab rebels even after the 1918 Armistice of Mudros, protecting its treasures by removing them to Istanbul. Many were later returned. He was eventually arrested by his own men and incarcerated by the British in Malta, but made it back to Anatolia to fight in the War of Independence.
Issue 66, December 2023
Turkey’s Centenary Issue
