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Adnan Harun Yahya

We are proud to have had
Armenian statesmen and
pashas.
(Left) Armenian members
of the Ottoman Parliament

same rights as Muslims,

particularly after the
Edict of Reforms. By the
th
end of the 19 century,
non-Muslims were given

voting rights, represent-
ed in the Parliament and
came to hold important

administrative positions.

For instance, during the term of Ali Pasha as the Grand Vizier, the Minister
of Public Works was an Armenian named Krikor Agaton, and Ohannes
Gümüşyan was another Armenian who was assigned the same office. Many

Armenians served as Ministers in charge of Trade, Forestry and Mining. Af-

ter the constitution was declared in 1876, the Ottoman Parliament had 46
non-Muslim MPs and 9 of them were Armenians. In the parliament set up
after the declaration of the second constitution, 11 Armenian MPs served

while 12 served in the Parliament of 1914. Four of those Armenian MPs were

members of the Hunchak and two members of the Dashnak parties. Similarly,
Parliament of 1908 had 13 Greek and 5 Jewish members. 276

Furthermore, more than 25% of the staff in the Foreign Ministry and

more than 10% of the staff in the Ministry of Justice of the Ottoman Empire
were non-Muslims. In addition, between 1880 and 1912, 7% of the students

of the School of Political Sciences, known to be the school of future admin-
istrators, were again non-Muslims.