Said Halim Pasha cabinet explained

Cabinet Name:Said Halim Pasha cabinet
Cabinet Type:Government
Jurisdiction:Ottoman Empire
Date Formed:17 June 1913
Date Dissolved:3 February 1917
Government Head:Said Halim Pasha
State Head:Mehmed V
Total Number:14
Political Parties:Union and Progress Party
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Election:1914 Ottoman general election
Previous:Shevket Pasha government
Successor:Talaat Pasha government

The Said Halim Pasha cabinet was headed by Grand Vizier Said Halim Pasha. It was formed on 17 June 1913 after Mahmud Shevket Pasha's assassination. It soon came to be wholly controlled by the Union and Progress Party. With the exception of Mardikyan Bey being the only Christian, everyone in cabinet was Muslim, with Said Halim Pasha and his brother Abbas Pasha Arabs and the rest Turks.

Said Halim's government was under the influence of Talaat Bey, Enver Pasha, and Cemal Pasha. While Said Halim negotiated a secret alliance with the German Empire, Enver and Talaat engineered the Ottoman Empire's entry into the First World War. This caused four ministers to tender their resignations.[1]

On 3 February 1917, Said Halim resigned due to "health concerns" and Talaat Bey was appointed Grand Vizier the next day.[2]

Cabinet Mehmed Said Halim Pasha17 June 1913 – 3 February 1917
PortfolioMinisterTook officeLeft office
Grand VizierSaid Halim Pasha17 June 19133 February 1917
ŞeyhülislamMehmed Esad Efendi17 June 191316 March 1914
Mustafa Hayri Efendi16 March 19143 February 1917
Minister of WarAhmet İzzet Pasha (Furgaç)17 June 19133 January 1914
İsmail Enver Pasha3 January 19143 February 1917
Minister of Foreign AffairsSaid Halim Pasha17 June 191324 October 1915
Halil Menteşe24 October 19153 February 1917
Minister of JusticePirizade İbrahim Hayrullah
17 June 19133 February 1917
President of Council of StateHalil Menteşe17 June 191328 May 1914
Pirizade İbrahim Hayrullah
28 May 19143 February 1917
Minister of InteriorMehmed Talaat17 June 19133 February 1917
Minister of FinanceMenemenlizade Rifat
17 June 191310 March 1914
Mehmed Cavid10 March 19145 November 1914
Mehmed Talaat
5 November 19143 February 1917
Minister of Imperial Pious FoundationsMustafa Hayri Efendi
17 June 19138 May 1916
Pirizade İbrahim Hayrullah
8 May 19163 February 1917
Minister of NavyÇürüksulu Mahmud Pasha
17 June 19139 March 1914
Ahmed Cemal Pasha10 March 19143 February 1917
Minister of EducationAhmet Şükrü (Bayındır)12 June 19133 February 1917
Minister of Trade and AgricultureSuleyman al-Boustani17 June 19135 November 1914
Ahmet Nesimi (Sayman)5 November 19143 February 1917
Minister of Public WorksOsman Nizami Pasha17 June 191317 December 1913
Ahmed Cemal Pasha
17 December 191325 February 1914
Ahmed Cemal Pasha25 February 191410 March 1914
Çürüksulu Mahmud Pasha10 March 19145 November 1914
Ahmet Nesimi (Sayman)
5 November 19147 November 1914
Abbas Halim Pasha7 November 19143 February 1917
Minister of Post, Telegraph, and TelephoneOskan Mardikyan
17 June 19135 November 1914
Ahmet Şükrü (Bayındır)
5 November 19143 February 1917
Source:[3]

References

  1. Book: Mango, Andrew . Atatürk . John Murray . 1999 . 978-0-7195-6592-2 . 134.
  2. Book: Kieser, Hans-Lukas . . . 2018 . 978-0-691-15762-7 . 2.
  3. Uzun . Hakan . 2019 . BİRİNCİ DÜNYA SAVAŞI SIRASINDA OSMANLI HÜKÜMETLERİ VE PROGRAMLARININ ANALİZİ . Ankara Üniversitesi Türk İnkılâp Tarihi Enstitüsü Atatürk Yolu Dergisi . 415–447.