Journals / Vakıflar Dergisi / 2021 / Sayı: 56
The Legal Struggle of Izzet Holo Pasha for his Waqfs within the Context of Waqf-Confiscation Relations
- Journal
- Vakıflar Dergisi
- Issue
- 2021 · Sayı: 56
- Pages
- 107–121
- DOI
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Abstract
Izzet Holo Pasha, who was the second clerk of Abdulhamid II between 1896-1908, was among the figures closest to the sultan in this period. When the property he gained during his assignment was added to his mother and father's inheritance, he amassed a great fortune. His marriage to Behiye Hanım who was a member of Muradi family, one of Damascus’ distinguished families, further increased the family wealth. In the Syrian provinces, there were properties such as houses, shops, mills, barns, and miri (state owned) lands such as fields, vineyards, gardens, hamlets, and poplar fields belonging to İzzet Holo Pasha and his family. The family did not assign the state lands they had to the first waqf they established in 1904 as an income generating property, yet, approximately two years later, they allocated all their real estate and assets to their waqfs . However, Izzet Holo Pasha's flight to Europe during the declaration of the Second Constitutional Era resulted in confiscation of the waqf properties. Subsequently, İzzet Holo Pasha and his family embarked on a legal struggle to save their waqfs from foreclosure. They were able to achieve these goals, providing that the conditions in the waqf deed were changed.
Özet
1896-1908 yılları arasında II. Abdülhamid’in mabeyn ikinci kâtipliğini yapan İzzet Holo Paşa, bu dönemde sultana en yakın isimler arasındaydı. Anne ve babasından kalan mirasa görevi esnasında kazandığı mal-mülk de eklenince büyük bir servet sahibi oldu. Şam’ın seçkin ailelerinden Muradilere mensup Behiye Hanım ile yaptığı evlilik, aile içindeki servetin artmasını sağladı. İzzet Holo Paşa ve ailesine ait Suriye vilâyetinde tarla, bağ, bahçe, mezra ve kavaklık gibi miri arazinin yanı sıra ev, dükkân, değirmen ve ahır gibi mülkler de bulunmaktaydı. 1904’te kurdukları ilk vakıfta tasarruf ettikleri miri arazileri akar olarak tahsis etmeyen aile, yaklaşık iki sene sonra tüm emlak ve emvalini vakıflarına tahsis ettiler. Ancak II. Meşrutiyetin ilanı esnasında İzzet Holo Paşa’nın Avrupa’ya firar etmesi vakıf mallarının hacz/müsadere edilmesine neden oldu. Bunun ardından İzzet Holo Paşa ve ailesi vakıflarını hacizden kurtarmak için hukuki mücadeleye giriştiler ve vakfiye şartlarını değiştirmek koşuluyla bu hedeflerine ulaşabildiler.