The Ministry of the Interior ( tr, Dahiliye Nezâreti; french: Ministère de l'Intérieur) was from 1860 the

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of the

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, based in

Constantinople la, Constantinopolis ota, قسطنطينيه , alternate_name = Byzantion (earlier Greek name), Nova Roma ("New Rome"), Miklagard/Miklagarth (Old Norse), Tsargrad ( Slavic), Qustantiniya (Arabic), Basileuousa ("Queen of Cities"), Megalopolis (" ...

(now

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Organization

The ministry included: *Census Bureau (Sidjili-Noufouz-Idaressi, Bureau de recensement) *Bureau of Emigrants (Mouhadjir Idaressi, Bureau des émigrés) *Passport Bureau (Bureau des Passeports) *Pension Fund Directorate (Takaud sandighi Nazaréti, Direction de la caisse de retraites) *Directorate of Internal Press (Matbouat Midiréti, Direction de la Presse Intérieure) *Commission for the Selection of Employees (Intihab méémorin Commissionou, Commission pour le choix de employés) *Department of Service Staff (Sidjili-ahwal-Idaressi, Direction des états de service des fonctionnaires) Circa 1905 the budget of the ministry was 495,300

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out of 954,364 for the government.

Ministers

Talaat Pasha Mehmed Talaat (1 September 187415 March 1921), commonly known as Talaat Pasha or Talat Pasha,; tr, Talat Paşa, links=no was an Ottoman politician and convicted war criminal of the late Ottoman Empire who served as its leader from 1913 t ...

was head of the ministry during

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. He was responsible for the

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during his tenure. *

Predecessor

Previously the

Grand Vizier Grand vizier ( fa, وزيرِ اعظم, vazîr-i aʾzam; ota, صدر اعظم, sadr-ı aʾzam; tr, sadrazam) was the title of the effective head of government of many sovereign states in the Islamic world. The office of Grand Vizier was first ...

, upon the counsel of his advisor, managed the internal affairs of the state, but in 1860 a western-style

ministry of the interior An interior ministry (sometimes called a ministry of internal affairs or ministry of home affairs) is a government department that is responsible for internal affairs. Lists of current ministries of internal affairs Named "ministry" * Ministry ...

was established as part of a reform of the empire's administration.

Successor

Ministry of the Interior (Turkey) The Ministry of Interior or Ministry of the Interior or Interior Ministry ( tr, İçişleri Bakanlığı lit. Ministry of Internal Affairs) is a government ministry of the Republic of Turkey, responsible for interior security affairs in Turkey. ...

currently governs domestic affairs in Turkey.

References

Internal affairs ministries

Interior Interior may refer to: Arts and media * ''Interior'' (Degas) (also known as ''The Rape''), painting by Edgar Degas * ''Interior'' (play), 1895 play by Belgian playwright Maurice Maeterlinck * ''The Interior'' (novel), by Lisa See * Interior de ...

1860 establishments in the Ottoman Empire {{turkey-stub