Ministry of the Interior (Ottoman Empire)

The Ministry of the Interior (Turkish: Dahiliye Nezâreti; French: Ministère de l'Intérieur[1]) was the interior ministry of the Ottoman Empire, based in Constantinople (now Istanbul).

Previously the Grand Vizier, upon the counsel of his advisor, managed the internal affairs of the state, but in 1860 a western-style ministry of the interior was established as part of a reform of the empire's administration. Circa 1905 the budget of the ministry was 495,300 Ottoman lira out of 954,364 for the government.[1]

Talaat Pasha was head of the ministry during World War I. He was responsible for the Armenian Genocide during his tenure.

Ministry of the Interior (Turkey) currently governs affairs in Turkey.

Governance

The ministry included:[1]

  • 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)

References
  1. Young, George (1905). Corps de droit ottoman; recueil des codes, lois, règlements, ordonnances et actes les plus importants du droit intérieur, et d'études sur le droit coutumier de l'Empire ottoman (in French). 1. Clarendon Press. p. 27.


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