Paletik "Paletov" Pasha
Dios, Empresa y Concejo
Ahmet Tevfik Pasha´s III cabinet
Party: Comitee of Union and Progress (CUP).
Political orientation: Ottomanism, monarchism.
Faction:
Grand Vizier: The most honourable and paceful Ahmet Tevfik Pasha.
-Preceded by: Damat Ferid Pasha.
-Succeded by: Office Abolished. Vacant possition (Izmet Inonu as Prime Minister of the Republic of Turkey).
In office: 21st October 1920 – 4th November 1922 (2 years, 14 days).
Formation of the government: After the resignation of the former Grand Vizier, Sultan Mehmed VI appointed Ahmed Tevfik Pasha to hold the post of the office for third time on 21st October 1920. Sultan Mehmed VI tried to find a way to overcome the two main problems of the empire: the allied occupation and the pararell government of Ankara, which did not recognize the authority of the Sultan's government.
Ahmed Tevfik Pasha, known for his sympathy to the Ankara Government, offered it join to his monarchical Istanbul government to form one body at the Conference of London in 1921. However, Ataturk rejected the Grand Vizier´s proposition, and two legations were sent to the Conference, one represented Constantinople government and another Ankara government.
Fall of the government: Ahmed Tevfik pasha did not turn up at the conference, claiming illness, so Ankara Government remained as the only turkish representative. Tired of the Allied Occupation, Tevfik Pasha presented his resignation to Sultan Mehmed VI on 3rd February 1922, but it was rejected, and the Sultan encourange him tried to find a good representation in the Conference of Lausanne. An Allied invitation was given to both the Constantinople and Ankara governments to appear at the Conference of Lausanne. Ataturk was determined that only the Ankara government would be represented at the conference. On 1 November 1922, the Grand National Assembly declared that the Sultanate's Constantinople government was no longer the legal representative. The Grand National Assembly also resolved that Constantinople had not been the capital of the nation since its occupation by the Allies. Furthermore, they declared that the Sultanate was to be abolished.
After hearing the Resolution, Sultan Mehmed VI flew to the exile in the English warship Malaya on 2nd November 1922. Yet, prevently, Tevfik Pasha did not leave the government, hoping to a compromisse solution between the turkish republicans and the monarchical government represented by himself. The next day, most of the allied nation recognized the Turkish Republic. The position of Ottoman Cabinet did not make sense anymore. On 3rd November, the ministers of the Sublime Porte began to resign one by one, and Ahmet Tevfik Pasha stayed as the Head of the Government of a country that no longer exist. Completly isolated, he left the office three days after the abolition of the sultanate, on 4 November 1922, leaving the office vacant, and so, retiring for political life until his death in 1936.
Ahmet Tevfik Pasha was the last Ottoman Grand Vizier, since the establishment of the office in 1299. Izmet Inonu resumed the equivalent office of Prime Minister of Republic of Turkey at the beginning of 1923.
Party: Comitee of Union and Progress (CUP).
Political orientation: Ottomanism, monarchism.
Faction:
Grand Vizier: The most honourable and paceful Ahmet Tevfik Pasha.
-Preceded by: Damat Ferid Pasha.
-Succeded by: Office Abolished. Vacant possition (Izmet Inonu as Prime Minister of the Republic of Turkey).
In office: 21st October 1920 – 4th November 1922 (2 years, 14 days).
Formation of the government: After the resignation of the former Grand Vizier, Sultan Mehmed VI appointed Ahmed Tevfik Pasha to hold the post of the office for third time on 21st October 1920. Sultan Mehmed VI tried to find a way to overcome the two main problems of the empire: the allied occupation and the pararell government of Ankara, which did not recognize the authority of the Sultan's government.
Ahmed Tevfik Pasha, known for his sympathy to the Ankara Government, offered it join to his monarchical Istanbul government to form one body at the Conference of London in 1921. However, Ataturk rejected the Grand Vizier´s proposition, and two legations were sent to the Conference, one represented Constantinople government and another Ankara government.
Fall of the government: Ahmed Tevfik pasha did not turn up at the conference, claiming illness, so Ankara Government remained as the only turkish representative. Tired of the Allied Occupation, Tevfik Pasha presented his resignation to Sultan Mehmed VI on 3rd February 1922, but it was rejected, and the Sultan encourange him tried to find a good representation in the Conference of Lausanne. An Allied invitation was given to both the Constantinople and Ankara governments to appear at the Conference of Lausanne. Ataturk was determined that only the Ankara government would be represented at the conference. On 1 November 1922, the Grand National Assembly declared that the Sultanate's Constantinople government was no longer the legal representative. The Grand National Assembly also resolved that Constantinople had not been the capital of the nation since its occupation by the Allies. Furthermore, they declared that the Sultanate was to be abolished.
After hearing the Resolution, Sultan Mehmed VI flew to the exile in the English warship Malaya on 2nd November 1922. Yet, prevently, Tevfik Pasha did not leave the government, hoping to a compromisse solution between the turkish republicans and the monarchical government represented by himself. The next day, most of the allied nation recognized the Turkish Republic. The position of Ottoman Cabinet did not make sense anymore. On 3rd November, the ministers of the Sublime Porte began to resign one by one, and Ahmet Tevfik Pasha stayed as the Head of the Government of a country that no longer exist. Completly isolated, he left the office three days after the abolition of the sultanate, on 4 November 1922, leaving the office vacant, and so, retiring for political life until his death in 1936.
Ahmet Tevfik Pasha was the last Ottoman Grand Vizier, since the establishment of the office in 1299. Izmet Inonu resumed the equivalent office of Prime Minister of Republic of Turkey at the beginning of 1923.
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