page_title: Ahmed Vefik Pasha
hierarchical_section_title: Ahmed Vefik Pasha
caption_attribution_description: English: Ottoman statesman, diplomat, playwright and translator Ahmed Vefik Pasha Türkçe: Osmanlı devlet adamı, diplomat, oyun yazarı ve çevirmen Ahmed Vefik Paşa لسان توركى: احمد وفیق پاشا
context_page_description: Ahmed Vefik Pasha, was an Ottoman statesman, diplomat, scholar, playwright, and translator during the Tanzimat and First Constitutional Era periods. He was commissioned with top-rank governmental duties, including presiding over the first Ottoman Parliament in 1877. He also served as Grand Vizier for two brief periods. Vefik also established the first Ottoman theatre and initiated the first Western style theatre plays in Bursa and translated Molière's major works. His portrait was depicted on a former Turkish postcard stamp.
context_section_description: Ahmed Vefik Pasha (Ottoman Turkish: احمد وفیق پاشا‎) (3 July 1823, Constantinople – 2 April 1891, Constantinople), was an Ottoman statesman, diplomat, scholar, playwright, and translator during the Tanzimat and First Constitutional Era periods. He was commissioned with top-rank governmental duties, including presiding over the first Ottoman Parliament in 1877. He also served as Grand Vizier for two brief periods. Vefik also established the first Ottoman theatre and initiated the first Western style theatre plays in Bursa and translated Molière's major works. His portrait was depicted on a former Turkish postcard stamp.
caption: Ahmed Vefik Pasha, 1860
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