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'''Kıbrıslı Mehmed Kamil Pasha''' (''Mehmed Kamil Pasha the Cypriot''), also spelled as '''Kâmil Pasha''' or '''Kiamil Pasha''' was an [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] statesman of [[Turkish Cypriots|Turkish Cypriot]] birth of the late [[19th century]] and early [[20th century]], who became, as aside regional or international posts within the Ottoman state structure, [[grand vizier]] of the Empire during four different periods. |
'''Kıbrıslı Mehmed Kamil Pasha''' (''Mehmed Kamil Pasha the Cypriot''), also spelled as '''Kâmil Pasha''' or '''Kiamil Pasha''' was an [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] statesman of [[Turkish Cypriots|Turkish Cypriot]] birth of the late [[19th century]] and early [[20th century]], who became, as aside regional or international posts within the Ottoman state structure, [[grand vizier]] of the Empire during four different periods. |
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He was born in [[Lefkoşa]] in [[1833]], son of Captain Salih Ağa of |
He was born in [[Lefkoşa]] in [[1833]], son of Captain Salih Ağa from the village of Gaziler, in the [[Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus]] today. His first post was in the household of the [[Khedive]] of [[Egypt]] who at that time was only nominally dependent to the central Ottoman power in [[İstanbul]]. In the course of this appointment he visited [[London]] for the [[Great Exhibition of 1851]] in charge of one of the Khedive's sons. Kiamil's sojourn in [[England]] left in him a lifelong admiration for [[Britain]] and during his career within the Ottoman state, he was always known to be an [[Anglophile]] (''Ottoman statesmen in the 19th century and early 20th century were often classified according to their latent or obvious sympathies for one foreign power or the other.'') |
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Having full command of [[English]], thenceforth to the close of his career he zealously sought the friendship of England for [[Turkey]]. |
Having full command of [[English]], thenceforth to the close of his career he zealously sought the friendship of England for [[Turkey]]. |
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in the Grand Vizierate, [[Mahmud Şevket Pasha]], possibly to avenge the murder of Nazım Pasha; and the prominent Old Turks were either expelled or had to flee from Turkey. Among the expelled was Mehmed Kamil Pasha's family, who joined him in Lefkoşa. |
in the Grand Vizierate, [[Mahmud Şevket Pasha]], possibly to avenge the murder of Nazım Pasha; and the prominent Old Turks were either expelled or had to flee from Turkey. Among the expelled was Mehmed Kamil Pasha's family, who joined him in Lefkoşa. |
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On [[14 November]] [[1913]], while full of plans for revisiting England in 1914, Mehmed Kamil Pasha suddenly died of [[syncope]] and was buried in the court of [[Arab Ahmed |
On [[14 November]] [[1913]], while full of plans for revisiting England in 1914, Mehmed Kamil Pasha suddenly died of [[syncope]] and was buried in the court of [[Arab Ahmed Pasha]] Mosque. |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
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Revision as of 19:25, 28 July 2006
Kıbrıslı Mehmed Kamil Pasha (Mehmed Kamil Pasha the Cypriot), also spelled as Kâmil Pasha or Kiamil Pasha was an Ottoman statesman of Turkish Cypriot birth of the late 19th century and early 20th century, who became, as aside regional or international posts within the Ottoman state structure, grand vizier of the Empire during four different periods.
He was born in Lefkoşa in 1833, son of Captain Salih Ağa from the village of Gaziler, in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus today. His first post was in the household of the Khedive of Egypt who at that time was only nominally dependent to the central Ottoman power in İstanbul. In the course of this appointment he visited London for the Great Exhibition of 1851 in charge of one of the Khedive's sons. Kiamil's sojourn in England left in him a lifelong admiration for Britain and during his career within the Ottoman state, he was always known to be an Anglophile (Ottoman statesmen in the 19th century and early 20th century were often classified according to their latent or obvious sympathies for one foreign power or the other.)
Having full command of English, thenceforth to the close of his career he zealously sought the friendship of England for Turkey.
After remaining in Egypt for ten years, Mehmed Kamil exchanged the service of Abbas I for that of the Ottoman Government as of 1860 and for the ensuing nineteen years -that is to say until he first entered the Cabinet-, he filled very numerous administrative appointments in every part of the Empire. He governed, or helped to govern provinces such as Eastern Rumelia, Hercegovina, Kosovo, and his native Cyprus.
Between 1885 and 1913 he filled the office of Grand Vizier four times. In May 1913, he returned to his native Cyprus which he had not seen since he had ceased to govern it as far back as 1864.
The reason was no happy one. On 23 January 1913, Enver Pasha, one of the Young Turk leaders, had burst with some of his associates into the Sublime Porte while the Cabinet was actually in session, had shot the Minister of War Nazım Pasha dead at the Council table and had literally overturned by force Mehmed Kamil Pasha's fourth and last [Prime] Ministry. Unable to remain in Turkey after this bloody coup, the ex-Grand Vizier was invited by his friend Lord Kitchener to stay with him in Cairo, and after three months in Egypt, Mehmed Kamil Pasha decided to wait a favourable turn of fortune in Cyprus.
But five weeks after his return to Cyprus came the assassination of his Young Turk successor in the Grand Vizierate, Mahmud Şevket Pasha, possibly to avenge the murder of Nazım Pasha; and the prominent Old Turks were either expelled or had to flee from Turkey. Among the expelled was Mehmed Kamil Pasha's family, who joined him in Lefkoşa.
On 14 November 1913, while full of plans for revisiting England in 1914, Mehmed Kamil Pasha suddenly died of syncope and was buried in the court of Arab Ahmed Pasha Mosque.
See also
Sources
- Cyprus (Sir Harry Luke)