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Žepa
Žepa Location of Žepa
Coordinates: 43°57′N 19°07′E / 43.95°N 19.117°E / 43.95; 19.117
Country	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Canton
Government
• Municipality president
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Area code(s)	+387 38

Žepa (Serbian Cyrillic: Жепа) is a town in the east of Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina in the municipality of Rogatica. Žepa is located northeast of Rogatica itself, southwest of Srebrenica and northwest of Višegrad. It lies on the small river Žepa that flows into the Drina river nearby, in a valley between the mountains Javor and Devetak.

Population[link]

In 1991 the population of Žepa was 2,441 with 2,330 Bosniaks (95%), 103 Serbs and 8 Yugoslavs. Today, 97% of the inhabitants of Žepa are Bosniaks.

Bosnian War[link]

During the War in Bosnia (1992–1995), Žepa became one of three Bosniak enclaves in eastern Bosnia surrounded by the Serbs, along with Srebrenica a short distance downstream and Goražde farther upstream, after other towns such as Foča, Bratunac and Zvornik were taken by the Serb army. The military commander of the Žepa enclave was Avdo Palić. In April 1993 Žepa was declared a United Nations safe area and had a small Ukrainian Army unit of UNPROFOR stationed there. In July 1995, the town was captured by the Army of Republika Srpska who expelled the population.

References[link]

External links[link]

• Zepa Online
• Ivo Andrić Foundation - The Bridge on the Žepa
• The long way back to Zepa
• Michael Sells - David Rohde's "Endgame: The Betrayal and Fall of Srebrenica"

Coordinates: 43°57′N 19°07′E / 43.95°N 19.117°E / 43.95; 19.117

Mustafa I
Ottoman Sultan
Caliph
Reign	1622–23
Period	Growth of the Ottoman Empire
Full Name	Mustafa I
Born	1591
Died	January 1639 (aged 47–48)
Predecessor	Ahmed I
Successor	Murad IV
Royal House	House of Osman
Dynasty	Ottoman Dynasty

Mustafa I Deli (1591 – January 20, 1639) (Ottoman Turkish: مصطفى اول), son of Mehmed III, was the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1617 to 1618 and from 1622 to 1623. His mother was Valide Sultan Handan Sultan, an ethnic Greek originally named Helena.

Biography[link]

He was born in the Manisa Palace, the brother of Ahmed I (1603–17), who died because of typhus at a young age. Mustafa I was reported to be mentally retarded or at least neurotic and was never more than a tool of court cliques at the Topkapı Palace.^[1] During the reign of his brother, he was confined to his room in virtual imprisonment, a system called Kafes, for fourteen years.

In 1618, after a short rule, he was deposed in favour of his young nephew Osman II (1618–22) and was sent back to Kafes. The conflict between the Janissaries and Osman II presented him with a second chance. After the assassination of Osman II in 1622 by Janisaries, he was placed back on the throne and held it for another year.^[2] He had the participants in the coup against Osman II executed and believed that Osman II was still alive. He was seen searching for him throughout the palace, knocking on doors and crying out to his nephew to relieve him from the burden of sovereignty. His inability to rule led to deposition and confinement by Osman II's younger half-brother, Murad IV (1623–40).^[3]

He died sixteen years later in the Topkapı Palace of Constantinople.

Notes[link]

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