Kurd Ahmet Izzet Pasha (1871, Constaninople -1920), an Ottoman Kurd, governor and minister, was the son of Husein Pasha, half brother of

Said Pasha Kurd Said Pasha Kurd (Sulaymaniyah 183420 October 1907 Istanbul, Constantinople) was an Ottoman Empire, Ottoman Kurds, Kurdish statesman, son of Hussein Pasha of Sulaymaniyah. Family He was the brother of Kurd Ahmet Izzet Pasha and brother in law of ...

and uncle of

Şerif Pasha Mehmet Şerif Pasha (1865, Üsküdar, Istanbul - December 22, 1951; Catanzaro, Italy), a founding member of Kurd Society for Cooperation and Progress and representative of the Society for the Elevation of Kurdistan to the Paris Peace Conference (1 ...

and

Kurd Fuad Pasha Kurd Fuad Pasha, born in Constantinople, was a Vice President of the Society for the Elevation of Kurdistan. Fuad was the son of Said Pasha Kurd, nephew to Kurd Ahmet Izzet Pasha and brother of Şerif Pasha. He was a cavalry officer and gradu ...

. He attended the Üsküdar Rüştiye Mektebi and later the Lisan Mektebi (Foreign Language School). An outspoken opponent of Turkish nationalism, and a supporter of his nephew's

's Ottoman Entente Liberale party. He wielded some influence over the Kurdish population of Constantinople, served as Vali of

Van A van is a type of road vehicle used for transporting goods or people. Depending on the type of van, it can be bigger or smaller than a pickup truck and SUV, and bigger than a common car. There is some varying in the scope of the word across th ...

from 1912 to 1913, became Vali of

Aidin Vilayet The Vilayet of Aidin or Aydin ( ota, ولايت ايدين, translit=Vilâyet-i Aidin, french: vilayet d'Aïdin) also known as Vilayet of Smyrna or Izmir after its administrative centre, was a first-level administrative division (vilayet) of the ...

on 14 March 1919, and was appointed Minister of Evkaf (Pious Foundations) and interim minister of the Interior on 29 January 1919. He had to take refuge in the British embassy after supporting the Greek community of Izmir. He ordered his Ottoman troops to not resist allied and Greek troops under the instruction of his nephew

, and shouted 'Zito Venizelos! long live'. But he had warned the British government that the involvement of Greek troops in the allied landing would backfire and cause more trouble than good. He was called a British collaborator by the

Kemalists Kemalism ( tr, Kemalizm, also archaically ''Kamâlizm''), also known as Atatürkism ( tr, Atatürkçülük, Atatürkçü düşünce), or The Six Arrows ( tr, Altı Ok), is the founding official ideology of the Turkey, Republic of Turkey.Eric J. ...

and given the nickname Kambur (Hunchback) by them. The report of the Inter-Allied Commission of Inquiry of 1919 found that he treated all inhabitants impartially regardless of race and had resorted peace to the region.

Somerset Gough-Calthorpe Admiral of the Fleet Sir Somerset Arthur Gough-Calthorpe (23 December 1865 – 27 July 1937), sometimes known as Sir Somerset Calthorpe, was a Royal Navy officer and a member of the Gough-Calthorpe family. After serving as a junior officer durin ...

hosted Kurd Ahmet Izzet Pasha on board the

HMS Iron Duke (1912) HMS ''Iron Duke'' was a dreadnought battleship of the Royal Navy, the lead ship of her class, named in honour of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington. She was built by Portsmouth Dockyard, and her keel laid in January 1912. Launched ten ...

in preparation for the allied operation in Izmir. He died of a heart attack on January 5, 1920, and was buried on the 6th in the Emir Sultan cemetery in Izmir. His funeral was attended by members of the local community, senior military figures and civil servants. Posts held * Translation Bureau (Tercüme Odası) at

Bab-ı Ali The Sublime Porte, also known as the Ottoman Porte or High Porte ( ota, باب عالی, Bāb-ı Ālī or ''Babıali'', from ar, باب, bāb, gate and , , ), was a synecdoche for the central government of the Ottoman Empire. History The name ...

(Bāb-i ʿAlī, the Sublime Porte) * Chief of the Foreign Minister's Cabinet (Hariciye Nezareti Kalemi Müdürü) * Governor of Van * Minister of Pious Foundations * Minister of interior (interim) * Twice deputy Minister of the interior in two different cabinets of

Ahmet Tevfik Pasha Ahmet Tevfik Pasha ( ota, احمد توفیق پاشا‎; 11 February 1845 – 8 October 1936), later Ahmet Tevfik Okday after the Turkish Surname Law of 1934, was an Ottoman statesman of Crimean Tatar origin. He was the last Grand vizie ...

* Governor of Izmir

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