Erdoğan gifts Lebanese PM Salam his grandfather's memoirs recounting Ottoman-era Beirut history

Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam announced that he received the Turkish translation of his grandfather Selim Ali Salam's book 'Memoirs of the Mayor of Beirut (1908-1918)' as a gift from President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan during their meeting in Istanbul. Salam expressed being moved by the gesture, recalling that his grandfather was a Beirut deputy in the Ottoman Chamber of Deputies.

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Erdoğan gifts Lebanese PM Salam his grandfather's memoirs recounting Ottoman-era Beirut history

Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam shared on social media a special gift presented to him during his meeting with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan at Vahdettin Pavilion in Istanbul. Erdoğan gave Salam the Turkish translation of his grandfather Selim Ali Salam's memoirs, which shed light on Ottoman-era Beirut history.

The Lebanese Prime Minister expressed being deeply moved by this kind gesture. He noted that Selim Ali Salam was the founder of the Beirut Reform Movement and served as a Beirut deputy in the Ottoman Chamber of Deputies in 1908 and 1914.

Salam stated that his grandfather was a leading figure in the enlightenment and reform movement, and that he was a member of the Executive Committee of the First Arab Congress held in Paris in 1913, playing a role in drafting Arab nationalist demands advocating decentralization and modernization within the Ottoman Empire.

Selim Ali Salam was elected as a Beirut deputy to the Ottoman Chamber of Deputies in 1908 and 1914 during the Second Constitutional Era. He served as Mayor of Beirut (Şehremini) from 1918 to 1919.

These memoirs, shedding light on the final period of the Ottoman Empire and Arab political history, were translated into Turkish and published under the title 'Memoirs of the Mayor of Beirut (1908-1918).' President Erdoğan's gift of this book to the Lebanese Prime Minister was seen as a gesture emphasizing the historical and cultural ties between the two countries.

Source: Sabah

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