Ministry of the Interior (Ottoman Empire)

The Ministry of the Interior (داخلیه نظارتی; Dâhiliye nezareti; Ministère de l'Intérieur ) was from 1860 the interior ministry of the Ottoman Empire, based in Constantinople (now Istanbul).

Organization
The ministry included:
 * 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)

Circa 1905 the budget of the ministry was 495,300 Ottoman lira out of 954,364 for the government.

In 1913 the Office for the Settlement of Tribes and Immigrants was established to deal with the refugee crisis following the Balkan Wars. The office played an important role during the Armenian genocide.

Predecessor
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.

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

List of interior ministers

 * Pertev Pasha (1835-1837)
 * Akif Pasha (1837-1838)
 * Mehmed Emin Rauf Pasha (1838-1839)
 * Şirvanlızade Mehmed Rüşdi Pasha (1869-1871)
 * Kabzımalzade Mehmed Said Efendi (1871-1877)
 * Ahmed Cevdet Pasha (5 February 1877)
 * Ahmed Hamdi Pasha (November 1877-January 1878)
 * Kabzımalzade Mehmed Said Efendi (1878)
 * Ahmed Vefik Pasha (1878)
 * Mehmed Sadık Pasha (1878)
 * Mehmed Said Pasha (9 June 1878 - 23 November 1878)
 * Mahmud Server Pasha (23 November 1878-1879)
 * Cenanizade Mehmed Kadri Pasha (1879)
 * Mahmud Nedim Pasha (1879-1882)
 * İbrahim Edhem Pasha (1882-1885)
 * Ahmed Münir Pasha (1885-1891)
 * Halil Rifat Pasha (1891-1896)
 * Mehmed Memduh Pasha (1896-1907)
 * Akif Halil Pasha (1908)
 * Reşid Akif Pasha (1908)
 * İbrahim Hakkı Pasha (1908)
 * Hüseyin Hilmi Pasha (1908-1909)
 * Avlonyalı Mehmed Ferid Pasha (1909)
 * Adil Bey (1909)
 * Mehmed Talat Pasha (1909-1911)
 * Halil Bey (Menteşe) (1911)
 * Mehmed Celal Bey (1911-1912)
 * Hacı Mehmed Adil Bey (Arda) (1912)
 * Mehmed Ziya Pasha (1912)
 * Ali Daniş Bey (1912)
 * Avlonyalı Mehmed Ferid Pasha (1912)
 * Ahmet Reşit Bey (Rey) (1912-1913)
 * Hacı Adil Bey (Arda) (1913)
 * Mehmed Talat Pasha (1913-1918)
 * Mustafa Arif Bey (Deymer) (1918)
 * Ali Fethi Bey (Okyar) (1918)
 * İsmail Hakkı Canbulat Bey (1918)
 * Mustafa Arif Bey (Deymer) (1918-1919)
 * Kurd Ahmed İzzet Pasha (1919)
 * Artin Cemal Bey (Keşmir) (1919)
 * Ahmed Reşit Bey (Rey) (1919)
 * Mehmed Ali Bey (Gerede) (1919)
 * Ali Kemal Bey (1919)
 * Adil Bey (1919)
 * Mehmed Şerif Pasha Çavdaroğlu (1919-1920)
 * Ebubekir Hazım Bey (1920)
 * Reşid Mümtaz Pasha (1920)
 * Kurd Ahmed İzzet Pasha (1920-1921)
 * Mustafa Arif Bey (Deymer) (1921)
 * Şerif Mehmed Rauf Pasha (1921)
 * Ali Rıza Pasha (1921-1922)
 * Salih Hulusi Pasha (1922)

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