Hasan Rami Pasha

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Hasan Rami Pasha
Selanik, Salonica Eyalet, Ottoman Empire
Died1923 (aged 80–81)
Istanbul, Ottoman Empire
Allegiance Ottoman Empire
Service/branch Ottoman Navy
RankAdmiral
Battles/warsGreco-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).

Life

He was born in

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]

Problems in the navy

Dardanelles Strait as a precaution against a possible Greek naval offensive. (Greek navy was smaller but more up-to-date and superior than that of the Ottoman Empire [4]). Hasan Rami who was the commander of this navy soon found out that almost all ships and most of the weapons needed major repairs. Although Hasan Rami Pasha was able to sail up to the Dardanelles with difficulty, he saw that the navy was almost out of commission.[1]
He prepared a report and suggested to purchase new warships instead of repairing the old ships. He further pointed out that the former reports to the sultan about the navy were false.

Rauf Bey’s critics

Rauf Orbay

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.

Hasan Rami Pasha’s memoirs

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.

References

  1. ^
    ISBN 978-605-106-779-7
  2. ISBN 978-0-8160-6259-1
    p.429
  3. ^ "History page" (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 2016-12-22. Retrieved 2013-11-06.
  4. ISBN 978-068-80-8093-8
    , p.577

External links
Political offices
Preceded by
Mehmet Celalettin Pasha
 Minister of the Navy
1906–1907 		Succeeded by
Ibrahim Halil Pasha
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