Çandarlı Kara Halil Hayreddin Pasha

Çandarlı Kara Halil Hayreddin Pasha

Çandarlı Kara Halil Hayreddin Pasha (Ottoman Turkish: چندارلی کارا حلیل خير الدين پاشا) was the first Grand Vizier of Murad I's reign. He was also technically the first in Ottoman history who held the title "Grand Vizier" (although several before him held equivalent but differently named offices), the first who had a military background (his predecessors under Orhan came from the class of learned men, the "ilmiye"), and the first member of the illustrious Çandarlı family to hold high office. His family was to mark the rise of the Ottoman Empire between 1360 and 1450. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Çandarlı Kara Halil Hayreddin Pasha has received more than 60,919 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Çandarlı Kara Halil Hayreddin Pasha is the 9,760th most popular politician (up from 10,491st in 2019).