The Talaat Pasha cabinets were headed by Grand Vizier Talaat Pasha. It was formed on February 4 after Said Halim Pasha's resignation. It was composed of members of the Union and Progress Party. The cabinet was dissolved upon Mehmed V's death, Mehmed VI again appointed Talaat Pasha as his Grand Vizier following his sword girthing. Talaat Pasha resigned due to Ottoman defeat in the Great War on 8 October, but stayed in office for a few more days running a caretaker government.[1]

Talaat Pasha cabinet

Government of the Ottoman Empire
Talaat Pasha
Date formed4 February 1917
Date dissolved8 October 1918
People and organisations
Head of stateMehmed V, Mehmed VI
Head of governmentTalaat Pasha
No. of ministers10
Member partiesUnion and Progress Party
History
PredecessorSaid Halim Pasha government
SuccessorAhmet İzzet Pasha government

The government was noted for being one of the smallest war time cabinets of WWI.[2]

List of ministers

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Cabinet Talaat Pasha

4 February 1917 – 8 October 1918

Portfolio Minister Took office Left office
Grand Vizier Mehmed Talaat Pasha 4 February 1917 14 October 1918
Şeyhülislam Musa Kazım Efendi 4 February 1917 14 October 1918
Minister of War &

Chief of the general staff

İsmail Enver Pasha 4 February 1917 14 October 1918
Minister of Foreign Affairs Ahmed Nesimi (Sayman) 4 February 1917 14 October 1918
Minister of Justice Halil Menteşe 4 February 1917 12 October 1918
Mustafa Şeref Bey** 12 October 1918 14 October 1918
President of Council of State Halil Bey (Menteşe) 4 February 1917 12 October 1918
Mustafa Şeref Bey** 12 October 1918 14 October 1918
Minister of Interior Mehmed Talaat Pasha 4 February 1917 29 July 1918
İsmail Canbulat 29 July 1918 1 October 1918
Mehmed Talaat Pasha** 1 October 1918 14 October 1918
Minister of Finance Mehmed Talaat Pasha** 4 February 1917 10 February 1917
Mehmed Cavid 10 February 1917 14 October 1918
Minister of Imperial Pious Foundations Musa Kazım Efendi 4 February 1917 14 October 1918
Minister of Navy Ahmed Cemal Pasha* 4 February 1917 14 October 1918
Minister of Education Şükrü Bey 4 February 1917 22 December 1917
Ali Münif (Yeğenağa)** 22 December 1917 20 July 1918
Mehmed Nâzım 20 July 1918 14 October 1918
Minister of Trade and Agriculture Mustafa Şerif (Özkan) 4 February 1917 14 October 1918
Minister of Public Works Ali Münif (Yeğenağa) 4 February 1917 14 October 1918
Minister of Post, Telegraph, and Telephone Şükrü Bey** 4 February 1917 16 September 1917
Hüseyin Haşim (Sanver) 16 September 1917 14 October 1918
Minister of Supply "Kara" Kemal 18 August 1918 14 October 1918
Source:[3]

References

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  1. ^ Mango, Andrew (1999). Atatürk. London: John Murray (publisher). p. 186. ISBN 978-0-7195-6592-2.
  2. ^ Erich, Jan Zürcher (13 April 2019). "Young Turk Governance in the Ottoman Empire during the First World War". Middle Eastern Studies. 55 (6): 897–913. doi:10.1080/00263206.2019.1590820. S2CID 150573160.
  3. ^ Uzun, Hakan (2019). "BİRİNCİ DÜNYA SAVAŞI SIRASINDA OSMANLI HÜKÜMETLERİ VE PROGRAMLARININ ANALİZİ". Ankara Üniversitesi Türk İnkılâp Tarihi Enstitüsü Atatürk Yolu Dergisi: 415–447.