KATOLİK BİR OSMANLI BÜROKRATI VE ARNAVUT MİLLİYETÇİSİ PAŞKO VASA PAŞA (1825-1892)
A CATHOLIC OTTOMAN BUREAUCRAT AND AN ALBANIAN NATIONALIST PASHKO WASSA PASHA (1825-1892)

Summary/Abstract: Wassa Pasha, a Catholic Albanian from Shkodra, was an important civil servant in the Tanzimat period in the reign of Abdul Hamid II. A polyglot who was educated in Rome and Venice, Wassa Pasha started his career in the Translation Office of the Sublime Porte, and served in various capacities in Rumelia, where the Ottoman Empire was at the time facing one problem after another. The high point of his career was his appointment as Governor of Mount Lebanon with the title of Pasha – a position in which he served for nine consecutive years until his death. Wassa Pasha was a high-level civil servant for more than 40 years, during which he served the state with unwavering loyalty, and made important contributions to the Albanian language, history, culture and literature with the foreign language books he wrote. In his books, he sought to draw the attention of the European public to Albania and the Albanian people, and as a result of his works and activities, he is still considered a leading figure in Albanian nationalism. This study discusses the life, career and Albanian nationalist activities of Wassa Pasha, who was known both as an Ottoman statesman and an Albanian nationalist.

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