Activities of Köprülü Mehmed Pasha (1656 - 1661)

At the end of XIII. century, the Ottoman Empire, which was formed in today's Bursa-Marmara region, shows the identity of being one of the greatest empires that history has seen. The existence of a single dynasty for more than six hundred years is another noteworthy issue. The Ottoman Empire which was seen to direct the world politics at the XVI. century in started to show signs of deterioration during the Kanuni period, which was presented as the "Golden Age" by the historians. XVII. century this corruption (as Halil İnalcık put it, turmoil and intrgue) from the beginning of IV. If we do not count the period of Murad between 1632 and 1640, it continued until 1656. IV. It is another matter of curiosity that the state, which was in turmoil from Mehmed's accession to the throne, from 1648 to 1656, breathed a sigh of relief under the dictatorship of Köprülü Mehmed Pasha in 1656, and that the Ottomans went to Vienna in the next process. The study covers the identity of Köprülü Mehmed Pasha, the founder of the Köprülü family, and the events of his grand viziership.