Hasan Rami Pasha | |
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Birth name | Hasan Rami |
Born | 1842 Selanik, Salonica Eyalet, Ottoman Empire |
Died | 1923 (aged 80–81) Istanbul, Ottoman Empire |
Allegiance | Ottoman Empire |
Service/ | Ottoman Navy |
Rank | Admiral |
Battles/wars | Greco-Turkish War (1897) |
Hasan Rami Pasha (1842–1923) was an Ottoman admiral and naval minister during the reign of Abdul Hamid II, who later also participated in the Greco-Turkish War (1897).
He was born in Selanik (Thessaloniki, now in Greece) to an Albanian family in 1842. In 1856, after graduating from the naval academy he was appointed as a navy officer. During the Russo-Turkish War (1877-1878) he was a commander of a warship. In 1882, he was appointed as the commander of the navy. Three years later, he became the adjutant of sultan Abdul Hamid II, a prestigious but inactive post. In 1897, at the eve of the Greco-Turkish War (1897) he was tasked with defending the Dardanelles. In 1906, he was appointed as the naval minister. Two years later however, following the Young Turk Revolution he was dismissed by the now powerful Committee of Union and Progress partisans. He was put on trial and was downgraded. He spent his last years in Istanbul and died in 1923.[1]
Rauf Bey (future prime minister and one of the leaders in the early days of the Turkish War of Independence) was one of the subordinates of Hasan Rami Pasha. According to his memoirs, his expectations were high in Hasan Pasha's reform projects. But he was disappointed when Hasan Pasha was appointed as the naval minister. Because unlike his former self, Hasan Pasha became a passive politician and did nothing to reform the navy. After the Young Turk Revolution he was accused for the miserable condition of the navy.
Later Hasan Rami Pasha published his memoirs to be acquitted. In 2013 his memoirs, together with Rauf Bey's critics was republished by Osman Öndeş, a retired naval officer and an editor.