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PASHA (c. 183o- )  , surnamed Kvcnui, Turkish statesman, was at one time editor of the Turkish newspaper Jeride-i-Havadis . He became first secretary to Sultan Abd-ul-Hamid II. shortly after his accession, and is said to have contributed to the realizations of his majesty's design of concentrating power in his own hands; later he became successively minister of the interior and Vali of Brussa, reaching the high post of grand vizier in 1879 . A Turkish statesman of the old school, he was regarded as somewhat bigoted and opposed to the extension of foreign influence in Turkey . He was grand vizier four more times under Abd-ul-Hamid . In 1896 he took refuge' at the British embassy at Constantinople, and, though then assured of his personal liberty and safety, remained practically a prisoner in his own house . He came into temporary prominence again during the revolution of 1908 . On the 22nd of July he succeeded Ferid Pasha as grand vizier, but on the 6th of August was replaced by Kiamil Pasha, a man of more liberal views, at the instance of the young Turkish committee .