context: Melek Ahmed Pasha (d. September 1, 1662) is an Ottoman statesman of Abkhaz origin. Trustee of Murad IV. Beylerbey Van, Diyarbakir, Damascus, Aleppo. The great vizier of the Ottoman Empire from November 1650 to August 1651, he returned the seal during the unrest associated with fraud to pay a salary to the Janissaries. Melek Ahmed Pasha refused the reappointment to the post of great vizier in the fall of 1653, but three more times he was "the master of the seal of the Sultan", acting as the great vizier instead of others. He punished the rebellious khans Abdal Khan and Yusuf Khan and defeated the Yezidis in 1640. Suppressed the Kurdish uprising in 1655, capturing the Bitlis fortress. The son-in-law of the Sultans Murad IV and Ahmed I. He is known for having patronized his nephew Evliya Celebi.
question: In which country did Melek Ahmed Pasha rule?
answers.text: Ottoman Empire