Ibrahim Hakki Pasha ( tr, İbrahim Hakkı Paşa 1862–1918) was an Ottoman statesman, who served as Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire between 1910 and 1911. He served as Ottoman ambassador to

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and to the

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. Hakki Pasha also spent considerable amounts of time in

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between February 1913 and the outbreak of

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, working on negotiations concerning the Berlin-Baghdad Railway and a settlement for the

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. During that visit, Hakki Pasha met with King

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. He was awarded the

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1862 births 1918 deaths Diplomats from Istanbul Ambassadors of the Ottoman Empire to Italy 20th-century Grand Viziers of the Ottoman Empire Ottoman people of the Italo-Turkish War Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Ottoman Empire Politicians from Istanbul {{Ottoman-bio-stub