The
Baltacı corps ( tr, baltacı means "a person skilled with an axe", from ''
balta
Balta may refer to:
People
* Balta (footballer) (born 1962), Spanish footballer and manager
* Balta (surname)
Places
* Balta (crater), on Mars
* Balta, Mehedinți, Romania
*Bâlta, a village in Filiași, Dolj County, Romania
*Bâlta, a village ...
'': "
axe", i.e., "woodcutter" or "
halberdier") was a palace guard of the Ottoman Empire. It may also refer to:
People
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Baltacı Mehmet Pasha
Baltacı Mehmet Pasha (also called Pakçemüezzin Baltacı Mehmet Pasha, sometimes known just as Baltacı or Baltadji; 1662, Osmancık – July 1712, Lemnos) was an Ottoman statesman who served as grand vizier of the Ottoman Empire, first from ...
(1662–1712), Ottoman Grand Vizier (1704–1706, 1710–1711)
Places
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Baltacı, Dicle, a village in the district of Dicle, Diyarbakır Province, Turkey
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Baltacı, Kastamonu, a village in the district of Kastamonu, Kastamonu Province, Turkey
*
Baltacı Mehmet Paşa, Osmancık, a village in the district of Osmancık, Çorum Province, Turkey
See also
*
Baltacha, a derived name
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