Ziya Pasha

Who was Ziya Pasha?

Ziya Pasha, pseudonymous of Abdul Hamid Ziyaeddin was an Ottoman writer and translator. He was, along with İbrahim Şinasi and Namik Kemal, one of the most important authors of the Tanzimat period.

He held several offices in the Ottoman State. From 1865 he was a leading member of the Young Ottomans. In 1867 he went together with Namik Kemal to Paris and London, where he published a newspaper called Hürriyet.

His return to the Ottoman Empire was followed by tenures as governor of Cyprus, Amasya, Konya, Aleppo and last Adana.