SADRAZAM KIBRISLI MEHMET KÂMİL PAŞA’NIN ZİRAAT BANKASININ KURULMASINDAKİ ROLÜ
THE ROLE OF GRAND VIZIER CYPRIOT MEHMET KAMIL PASHA IN ESTABLISHING AGRICULTURAL BANK

Summary/Abstract: It was a well-known mistake regarding the founding of Agricultural Bank is that Mithat Pasha was the founder of the bank. Country Funds established by Mithat Pasha, was the foundation of the national banking in Turkey. The aforementioned funds continued their activities under the name of Agricultural Funds in the lands lost by the Ottoman Empire after the 1877-1878 Ottoman-Russian War. As a result of the activities of the Agricultural Funds, the necessary ground was created for the establishment of today’s Bulgarian Agricultural Bank. Country Funds were converted into Benefit Funds during the period of Küçük Mehmet Sait Pasha. Cypriot Mehmet Kamil Pasha led the establishment of Agricultural Bank.

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