Mecidiye Marşı

{{Short description|Former anthem of the Ottoman Empire}}

{{Infobox anthem

|title = {{lang|tr|Mecidiye Marşı}}

|english_title = March of Mecid

|country = {{flag|Ottoman Empire|1844}}

|prefix = Imperial

|composer = Giuseppe Donizetti

|adopted = 1839

|readopted = 1876
1922

|until = June 25, 1861
August 31, 1876
March 3, 1924

| sound = Mecidiye Marşı.ogg

| sound_title = Mecidiye Marşı

}}

The Mecidiye Marşı was the national anthem of the Ottoman Empire during the reign of Abdülmecid I (2 July 1839 – 25 June 1861) & Abdülmecid II (19 November 1922 - 3 March 1924).{{citation needed|date=June 2021}} There were different anthems for each sultan.{{Cite web|url=http://www.nationalanthems.info/ote.htm|title=Ottoman Empire (1829-1839, 1918-1922) – nationalanthems.info|website=www.nationalanthems.info}} Franz Liszt visited the imperial capital and composed a paraphrase to this march named Op. 87 Grande Paraphrase de la Marche de J. Donizetti.{{Cite journal|last=Şirin Akbulut|first=Demirci|title=FRANZ LISZT IN OTTOMAN EMPIRE|url=https://dergipark.org.tr/en/download/article-file/257401|journal=International Journal of Social Sciences and Humanity Studies|volume=3 |issue=2 |year=2011}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RuWmSXiMaaE&list=PL7nhHSe9960GhyMjxXNu8Q_DCbX7vmC7C&index=62|title=FRANZ LISZT: Grande Paraphrase de la Marche de Giuseppe Donizetti - COSTANTINO CATENA, piano|via=www.youtube.com}} Donizetti had another march, Büyük Askerî Marş, also known as Grande March de Medjidie, composed for Abdülmecid I during the same period.{{Cite journal|last=BAYDAR|first=Evren KUTLAY|title=OSMANLIDA GÖREVLİ İKİ İTALYAN MÜZİSYEN: GIUSEPPE DONIZETTI VE CALLISTO GUATELLI|url=https://www.acarindex.com/dosyalar/makale/acarindex-1423939573.pdf|journal=Zeitschrift für die Welt der Türken}} Donizetti mentions Liszt as enjoying the two imperial marches and obtaining the sheet music from him to play them as variations.