# Ali Haydar Mithat

## Biography

Ali Haydar Mithat, born in Istanbul in 1872, was a prominent Turkish statesman, politician, and writer, and the son of the Grand Vizier Mithat Pasha. Following his father's death, he pursued his education in Beirut. He later fled to Europe in 1899, becoming actively involved with the Young Turks and attending their first congress in Paris in 1902. During this period, he was sentenced to life imprisonment in absentia by the Ottoman government. He also contributed to the publication of the Ottoman newspaper while in England.

Upon the declaration of the 1908 Constitutional Monarchy, Mithat returned to Istanbul, where he was appointed to the Ottoman Senate by Sultan Abdulhamid II and later served as a deputy. Known for his pro-British views, he remained in Istanbul during the Armistice years. After the Turkish War of Independence, he retired to his farm and held a position in the provincial general assembly, though he maintained a distance from the new Republican government. His notable literary contributions include "Layiha ve İstitrad," "Mithat Pacha Sa Vie, son Qeuvre," "Hatıralarım" (Memoirs), and "The Life of Midhat Pasha." He passed away in 1946.

## Books

- [The life of Midhat Pasha; a record of his services, political reforms, banishment, and judicial murder](https://samolit.com/books/96180)