Ottoman imperial anthem

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The Ottoman Empire (also Osmanlı Empire)has used many different anthems during its existence. Like some European kingdoms of the time, the anthem seems to change from ruler to ruler. Some include:

Mahmudiye (1808-1839)
[ Mecidiye March] (1839-1861), by Giuseppe Donizetti, brother to Gaetano Donizetti
[ Aziziye March] (1861-1876), played by London Academy of Ottoman Court Music

also:

[ "Ceddin Deden" Military March] by İsmail Hakkı bey

Lyrics of Janissary March:

Ceddin deden, Neslin baban

Hep kahraman Türk milleti

Orduların, pekçok zaman

Vermiştiler dünyaya şan.

Türk milleti, Türk milleti

Aşk ile sev hürriyeti

Kahret vatan düşmanını

Çeksin o mel-un zilleti.

translated as:

(seek) Your ancestors, your grandfathers, your generation, your father

Turkish nation have always been valiant,

Your armies, many times

Have been renowned throughout the world

Turkish nation, Turkish nation

Passionately love (your) freedom

Overwhelm the enemies of your (free) motherland

And make that cursed ones feel abjected

These marches might not constitute anthems as we know them, as anthems weren't really codified back then, but they are quite probably the closest thing the Ottoman Empire had to anthems.

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