Mehmed Memduh Pasha and his book titled "Yemen İslâhâti ve Ba'zı Mütâla'ât"

In this study, both Mehmet Memduh Pasha who was bureaucrat and statesman and the son of Mazlum Mustafa Fehmi Pasha who served long years for the bureaucracy of the Ottoman State and his book titled "Yemen Islâhâtı ve Ba'zı Mütâla'ât" have been studied. His book was published in Dersaadet in H. 1324 (M. 1908). It consists of totally 132 pages. In the work of Yemen Islâhâtı ve Ba'zı Mütâla'ât, first of all, the events that took place in Yemen until 1904 have been emphasized with the outlines. Afterwards the events that took place between 1904 and 1907 have been presented in detail through the copies of archival documents. It is possible to reach the information about the detalis of the Riot of Imam Yahya in Yemen and military developments from relevant documents. His book also includes the ideas and opinions of Mehmed Memduh Pasha about Yemen Issue, one of the important problems of Sultan II. Abdulhamid Period and II. Constitutional Monarchy Period in Ottoman State. Telegrammes, complaints, collection of biographies, mandates, instructions and letters about Yemen are presented in the book. Most of the document copies in the book can be found in the Ottoman archive. The work written by an Ottoman statesman who witnessed the history of the period is a work of reference that should not be ignored in the studies to be carried out about Yemen Issue. The first part of the thesis includes the biography and works of Mehmed Memduh Pasha and the second part is about the content and the source value of the book titled as Yemen Islâhâtı and Ba'zı Mütâla'ât. In the third part, the version of the book that has been transferred to the modern alphabet is presented. In conclusion, Mehmed Memduh Pasha and his work have been comprehensively evaluated. In the bibliography, archival documents and researches in the study are included.