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Uneasy lies the head

Headline: Uneasy lies the headSource: EuromoneyDate: April 2001         Kemal Dervis Kemal Dervis, the new mega-minister of the Turkish economy, has an ancestor whose body is buried on an Aegean island, and whose head rests in the famous Ottoman-period graveyard at Karacaahmet in Istanbul. He was, historian Murat Bardakci tells us, Halil […]

January 1, 2000

Headline: Uneasy lies the head
Source: Euromoney
Date: April 2001

       
Kemal Dervis
Kemal Dervis, the new mega-minister of the Turkish economy, has an ancestor whose body is buried on an Aegean island, and whose head rests in the famous Ottoman-period graveyard at Karacaahmet in Istanbul. He was, historian Murat Bardakci tells us, Halil Hamid Pasa (1736-58) who was brought in as sadrazam (chief minister) by the sultan to tackle difficult economic and international problems.

Hamid took radical steps, earning a reputation as a reformer.





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