The Talaat Pasha cabinets were headed by Grand Vizier Talaat Pasha. It was formed on February 4 after Said Halim Pasha's resignation. It was composed of members of the Union and Progress Party. The cabinet was dissolved upon Mehmed V's death, Mehmed VI again appointed Talaat Pasha as his Grand Vizier following his sword girding. Talaat Pasha resigned due to Ottoman defeat in the Great War on 8 October, but stayed in office for a few more days running a caretaker government.
The government was noted for being one of the smallest war time cabinets of WWI.
List of ministers +Cabinet Talaat Pasha 4 February 1917 – 8 October 1918PortfolioMinisterTook officeLeft officeGrand VizierMehmed Talaat Pasha4 February 191714 October 1918ŞeyhülislamMusa Kazım Efendi4 February 191714 October 1918Minister of War & Chief of the general staffİsmail Enver Pasha4 February 191714 October 1918Minister of Foreign AffairsAhmed Nesimi (Sayman)4 February 191714 October 1918Minister of JusticeHalil Menteşe4 February 191712 October 1918Mustafa Şeref Bey**12 October 191814 October 1918President of Council of StateHalil Bey (Menteşe)4 February 191712 October 1918Mustafa Şeref Bey**12 October 191814 October 1918Minister of InteriorMehmed Talaat Pasha4 February 191729 July 1918İsmail Canbulat29 July 19181 October 1918Mehmed Talaat Pasha**1 October 191814 October 1918Minister of FinanceMehmed Talaat Pasha**4 February 191710 February 1917Mehmed Cavid10 February 191714 October 1918Minister of Imperial Pious Foundations Musa Kazım Efendi4 February 191714 October 1918Minister of NavyAhmed Cemal Pasha*4 February 191714 October 1918Minister of EducationŞükrü Bey4 February 191722 December 1917Ali Münif (Yeğenağa)**22 December 191720 July 1918Mehmed Nâzım20 July 191814 October 1918Minister of Trade and AgricultureMustafa Şerif (Özkan)4 February 191714 October 1918Minister of Public WorksAli Münif (Yeğenağa)4 February 191714 October 1918Minister of Post, Telegraph, and TelephoneŞükrü Bey**4 February 191716 September 1917Hüseyin Haşim (Sanver)16 September 191714 October 1918Minister of SupplyKara Kemal18 August 191814 October 1918Source:
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