Kaptan-ı Deryalıktan Üç Kıta Valiliğine: Çengeloğlu Tahir Paşa

This study examines the biography of Çengeloğlu Tahir Pasha, one of the important commanders and statesmen of the reigns of Mahmud II and Abdulmecid Khan who lived in the first half of the 19th

century.

The biography of Mehmed Tahir Pasha, one of the most important figures of this period when the search for a model for the Westernization and reform program in the Ottoman Empire, rebellions and centralization policies gained importance, is also a panorama of a period.

Therefore, by focusing on Mehmed Tahir Pasha, this study attempts to present the foreign policy of the Ottoman Empire and the behind the scenes political, military and social developments that took place within the Ottoman Empire from the beginning of the reign of Mahmud II to the middle of the reign of Abdulmecid Khan.

The Tanzimat Period, which began with the decree read in Gülhane Park on November 3, 1839 and is also known as the Gülhane Hatt-ı Hümayun After the declaration of the Ottoman Empi Show More