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MEHEMET See also: Pasha (1815-1871), See also: Turkish statesman, was See also: born at Constantinople in 1815, the son of a See also: government official
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Entering the See also: diplomatic service of his country soon after reaching manhood, he became successively secretary of the Em bassy in Vienna, See also: minister in See also: London, and See also: foreign minister under Reshid Pasha
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In 1852 he was promoted to the See also: post of See also: grand See also: vizier, but after a See also: short See also: time retired into private See also: life
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During the See also: Crimean War he was recalled in See also: order to take the portfolio of foreign affairs for a second time under Reshid Pasha,, and in this capacity took See also: part in 1855 in the See also: conference of Vienna
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Again becoming in that See also: year grand vizier, an office he Ailed no less than five times, he represented See also: Turkey at the congress of See also: Paris in '856
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In 1867 he was appointed See also: regent of Turkey during the sultan's visit to the Paris See also: Exhibition
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See also: Aali Pasha was one of the most zealous See also: advocates of the introduction of Western reforms under the sultans Abdul Mejid and Abdul Aziz
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A See also: scholar and a linguist, he was a match for the diplomats of the Christian See also: powers, against whom he successfully defended the interests of his country
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He died at Erenkeni in See also: Asia Minor on the 6th of See also: September 1871
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