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Known as the nickname of “Karamanî” because he came from Konya, Mehmed Paşa is the son of Postnişin Arif Çelebi (D. 1421) who came from Mevlana’s lineage. Having completed his education in Konya, he went to Ottoman State and after working as a mudarris for some time he was assigned to the office of shooter in 1464. In 1478 he was appointed as the grand vizier by Fatih Sultan Mehmed and his ideas helped much within the framework of the reconstruction started in Ottoman State with the conquest of Istanbul. Known as Fatih Kanunnamesi, the law regulation was actually written by Karamanî Mehmed Paşa. Karamanî Mehmed Paşa’s reformist attitudes bothered the mystic people, scholars and statesman of Ottoman State, and as a result he was murdered by janissaries in Istanbul a day after Fatih’s death on 4th May in 1481. Coming from an intellectual family, Karamanî Mehmed Paşa. was a wise statesman who produced new ideas. He used to protect and support those who dealt with science, particularly the young scientists thinking in a different perspective. He used Turkish very well and he used to write Arabic, Persian and Turkish poems under the pen name of “Nişanî”. He has two Arabic books about Ottoman State named as “Risâle fî-Tevârîhi’s-Salâtîni’l-Osmaniyye” and “Risâle fî-Târîhi Sultân Mehmed b. Murad Han min-Âli Osman”. He also has some charity works in various places in Istanbul.

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