Talaat Pasha cabinet
The Talaat Pasha cabinets were headed by Grand Vizier Talaat Pasha. It was formed on February 4 after Said Halim Pasha's resignation. It was composed of members of the Union and Progress Party. The cabinet was dissolved upon Mehmed V's death, Mehmed VI again appointed Talaat Pasha as his Grand Vizier following his sword girthing. Talaat Pasha resigned due to Ottoman defeat in the Great War on 8 October, but stayed in office for a few more days running a caretaker government.[1]
Talaat Pasha cabinet | |
|---|---|
 Government of Ottoman Empire | |
 Talaat Pasha | |
| Date formed | 4 February 1917 |
| Date dissolved | 8 October 1918 |
| People and organisations | |
| Head of state | Mehmed V, Mehmed VI |
| Head of government | Talaat Pasha |
| No. of ministers | 10 |
| Member parties | Union and Progress Party |
| History | |
| Predecessor | Said Halim Pasha government |
| Successor | Ahmet İzzet Pasha government |
The government was noted for being one of the smallest war time cabinets of WWI.[2]
List of ministers
| Cabinet Talaat Pasha
4 February 1917 – 8 October 1918 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Portfolio | Minister | Took office | Left office |
| Grand Vizier | Mehmed Talaat Pasha | 4 February 1917 | 14 October 1918 |
| Şeyhülislam | Musa Kazım Efendi | 4 February 1917 | 14 October 1918 |
| Minister of War & | İsmail Enver Pasha | 4 February 1917 | 14 October 1918 |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | Ahmed Nesimi Bey (Sayman) | 4 February 1917 | 14 October 1918 |
| Minister of Justice | Halil Bey (Menteşe) | 4 February 1917 | 12 October 1918 |
| Mustafa Şeref Bey** | 12 October 1918 | 14 October 1918 | |
| President of Council of State | Halil Bey (Menteşe) | 4 February 1917 | 12 October 1918 |
| Mustafa Şeref Bey** | 12 October 1918 | 14 October 1918 | |
| Minister of Interior | Mehmed Talaat Pasha | 4 February 1917 | 29 July 1918 |
| İsmail Canbulat Bey | 29 July 1918 | 1 October 1918 | |
| Mehmed Talaat Pasha** | 1 October 1918 | 14 October 1918 | |
| Minister of Finance | Mehmed Talaat Pasha** | 4 February 1917 | 10 February 1917 |
| Mehmed Cavid Bey | 10 February 1917 | 14 October 1918 | |
| Minister of Imperial Pious Foundations | Musa Kazım Efendi | 4 February 1917 | 14 October 1918 |
| Minister of Navy | Ahmed Cemal Pasha* | 4 February 1917 | 14 October 1918 |
| Minister of Education | Şükrü Bey | 4 February 1917 | 22 December 1917 |
| Ali Münif Bey (Yeğenağa)** | 22 December 1917 | 20 July 1918 | |
| Mehmed Nâzım Bey | 20 July 1918 | 14 October 1918 | |
| Minister of Trade and Agriculture | Mustafa Şerif Bey (Özkan) | 4 February 1917 | 14 October 1918 |
| Minister of Public Works | Ali Münif (Yeğenağa) | 4 February 1917 | 14 October 1918 |
| Minister of Post, Telegraph, and Telephone | Şükrü Bey** | 4 February 1917 | 16 September 1917 |
| Hüseyin Haşim (Sanver) | 16 September 1917 | 14 October 1918 | |
| Minister of Supply | Kara Kemal | 18 August 1918 | 14 October 1918 |
| Source:[3] | |||
References
- Mango, Andrew (1999). Atatürk. London: John Murray (publisher). p. 186. ISBN 978-0-7195-6592-2.
- Erich, Jan Zürcher (13 April 2019). "Young Turk Governance in the Ottoman Empire during the First World War". Middle Eastern Studies. 55 (6): 897–913. doi:10.1080/00263206.2019.1590820. S2CID 150573160.
- Uzun, Hakan (2019). "BİRİNCİ DÜNYA SAVAŞI SIRASINDA OSMANLI HÜKÜMETLERİ VE PROGRAMLARININ ANALİZİ". Ankara Üniversitesi Türk İnkılâp Tarihi Enstitüsü Atatürk Yolu Dergisi: 415–447.
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