Matlı Mustafa
Matlı Mustafa
Matlı Mustafa
Matlı Mustafa
Matlı Mustafa
Matlı Mustafa
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Eski İstanbul'un kabadayılığı bir nevi "şehir şövalyeliği" dir. İstanbul şövalyeliğinin kendine göre kanunları ve raconları vardır ve bu kanunlara uymak kabadayılığın en önde gelen gereğidir.

Bir dönem İstanbul'un sayılı kabadayılarındandır. Kendisi de kabadayı meşrep olan padişahın has tüfekçilerinden Arnavut Tahir Paşa'nın baş kabadayısıdır. Paşa gibi Arnavut kökenlidir. Arnavutluk'taki Mat kazasından gelmedir. Şehre gelmeden önceki senelerinde memleketinde eşkıyalıktan sabıkası vardır.

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(City knighthood): Old Istanbul’s tough-man culture was akin to a kind of “knighthood”.  Istanbul’s “knighthood” had its own informal chivalric codes and accepted ways of functioning, and conforming to these codes was the foremost requirement of being a tough-man.

Matlı Mustafa: For a period he counted as one of the tough-men of Istanbul. He was the chief strongman of the Albanian Pasha, one of the Sultan’s imperial gunsmiths, and himself an intimidator. Like the Pasha, Mehmet was of Albanian origin. The moniker “Matlı” comes from the town of his origin, Mat, in Albania.  He had a criminal record as a bandit in his hometown before coming to the city.