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The Köprülü family ( tr, Köprülü ailesi) was a noble family of Albanian origin in the
Ottoman Empire The Ottoman Empire, * ; is an archaic version. The definite article forms and were synonymous * and el, Оθωμανική Αυτοκρατορία, Othōmanikē Avtokratoria, label=none * info page on book at Martin Luther University ...
.Ivo Banac
''The national question in Yugoslavia: origins, history, politics''
, Cornell University 1988 page 292.
The family hailed from the town of Rudnik (near
Berat Berat (; sq-definite, Berati) is the ninth most populous city of Albania and the seat of Berat County and Berat Municipality. By air, it is north of Gjirokastër, west of Korçë, south of Tirana, and east of Fier. Berat is located in ...
) in the Sanjak of Vlora and provided six
Grand Viziers of the Ottoman Empire Grand may refer to: People with the name * Grand (surname) * Grand L. Bush (born 1955), American actor * Grand Mixer DXT, American turntablist * Grand Puba (born 1966), American rapper Places * Grand, Oklahoma * Grand, Vosges, village and commu ...
(including
Kara Mustafa Pasha Merzifonlu Kara Mustafa Pasha ( ota, مرزيفونلى قره مصطفى پاشا, tr, Merzifonlu Kara Mustafa Paşa; "Mustafa Pasha the Courageous of Merzifon"; 1634/1635 – 25 December 1683) was an Ottoman nobleman, military figure and ...
, who was adopted), with several others becoming high-ranking officers. The era during which these grand viziers served is known as the
Köprülü era The Köprülü era ( tr, Köprülüler Devri) (c. 1656–1703) was a period in which the Ottoman Empire's politics were frequently dominated by a series of grand viziers from the Köprülü family. The Köprülü era is sometimes more narrowl ...
of the Ottoman Empire. Another notable member of the family was
Köprülü Abdullah Pasha Köprülü Abdullah Pasha ( sq, Abdullah pashë Kypriljoti; 1684 – 1735)Michael Nizri: ''Ottoman High Politics and the Ulema Household'', Palgrave Macmillan, 2014. pp. 65 was an Ottoman general of the first half of the 18th century and one of t ...
(1684–1735), who was a general in Ottoman-Persian wars of his time and acted as the governor in several provinces of the empire. Modern descendants include
Mehmet Fuat Köprülü Mehmet Fuat Köprülü (December 5, 1890 – June 28, 1966), also known as Köprülüzade Mehmed Fuad, was a highly influential Turkish sociologist, turkologist, scholar, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Deputy Prime Minister of the Republ ...
, a prominent historian of Turkish literature. Members of the family continue to live in
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, the
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, and the
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.


Köprülü grand viziers

During the
history of the Ottoman Empire The Ottoman Empire was founded c. 1299 by Osman I as a small beylik in northwestern Asia Minor just south of the Byzantine capital Constantinople. The Ottomans first crossed into Europe in 1352, establishing a permanent settlement at Çimpe Cast ...
, the Köprülü Grand Viziers had a reputation for dynamism in a state that would later show signs of decline and stagnation. The early viziers in particular focused on military campaigns that extended the Empire's power. This, however, came to an end after the disastrous
Battle of Vienna The Battle of Vienna; pl, odsiecz wiedeńska, lit=Relief of Vienna or ''bitwa pod Wiedniem''; ota, Beç Ḳalʿası Muḥāṣarası, lit=siege of Beç; tr, İkinci Viyana Kuşatması, lit=second siege of Vienna took place at Kahlenberg Mo ...
launched by
Kara Mustafa Pasha Merzifonlu Kara Mustafa Pasha ( ota, مرزيفونلى قره مصطفى پاشا, tr, Merzifonlu Kara Mustafa Paşa; "Mustafa Pasha the Courageous of Merzifon"; 1634/1635 – 25 December 1683) was an Ottoman nobleman, military figure and ...
, a member of the family (see also the
Treaty of Karlowitz The Treaty of Karlowitz was signed in Karlowitz, Military Frontier of Archduchy of Austria (present-day Sremski Karlovci, Serbia), on 26 January 1699, concluding the Great Turkish War of 1683–1697 in which the Ottoman Empire was defeated by ...
). 1 Kara Mustafa Pasha had been adopted by the Köprülü family and was the brother-in-law of Köprülü Fazıl Ahmet Pasha. 2 Abaza Siyavuş Pasha was a servant of Köprülü Mehmet Pasha. By marrying his daughter, Siyavuş became a son-in-law (''damat'') of the powerful Köprülü family. Koprulu Complex 6438.jpg, Köprülü Grave Koprulu Complex 4759.jpg, Köprülü mosque Koprulu Complex 4754.jpg, Köprülü Complex courtyard


See also

*
Köprülü era The Köprülü era ( tr, Köprülüler Devri) (c. 1656–1703) was a period in which the Ottoman Empire's politics were frequently dominated by a series of grand viziers from the Köprülü family. The Köprülü era is sometimes more narrowl ...
of the Ottoman Empire * Veles, a city in North Macedonia (named ''Köprülü'' under Ottoman rule) *
Vezirköprü Vezirköprü is a district of Samsun Province of Turkey. It is named after the Ottoman Albanian grand vizier Köprülü Mehmed Pasha. History At the breakup of Alexander the Great's empire the Vezirköprü region became part of the kingdom of ...
, a Turkish town named after the family


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Koprulu family Grand Viziers of the Ottoman Empire Albanian Grand Viziers of the Ottoman Empire 17th-century Grand Viziers of the Ottoman Empire 18th-century Grand Viziers of the Ottoman Empire Families from the Ottoman Empire Political families People from Berat People from Vezirköprü