The town of Vezirköprü

Vezirköprü

-History:Vezirköprü has been dated to the Hittites who had established the first town some 2,5 kilometres away from the present city....

 in north-central Turkey

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, formerly named only as Köprü

Vezirköprü

-History:Vezirköprü has been dated to the Hittites who had established the first town some 2,5 kilometres away from the present city....

 (bridge), whence the name of Köprülü family, holds its present name -literally vizier's bridge- from the same family.

The Köprülü family ( was an Ottoman

Ottoman Empire

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 noble family of Albanian origin. The family provided six Grand Vizier

Grand Vizier

Grand Vizier, in Turkish Vezir-i Azam or Sadr-ı Azam , deriving from the Arabic word vizier , was the greatest minister of the Sultan, with absolute power of attorney and, in principle, dismissable only by the Sultan himself...

s, (including Kara Mustafa Pasha who was a stepson) with several others becoming high-ranking officers. Notable modern descendants include Mehmet Fuat Köprülü

Mehmet Fuat Köprülü

Mehmet Fuat Köprülü , aka Köprülüzade, who traced his descent from the illustrious Köprülü family, was a Turkish politician and historian, known for his contributions to Ottoman history, Turkish folklore and language.-Biography:A founding member of the Democratic Party along with Celal Bayar, Adnan...

, a prominent historian of Turkish literature

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. Members of the family continue to live in Turkey

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 or the United States

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.

Köprülü Grand Viziers

In the History of the Ottoman Empire the Köprülü Viziers have a reputation for dynamism in a state that would later show signs of decline and stagnation. The early viziers in particular focused on military campaigns that extended the Empire's power. This, however came to an end after the disastrous Battle of Vienna

Battle of Vienna

The Battle of Vienna took place on 11 and 12 September 1683 after Vienna had been besieged by the Ottoman Empire for two months...

 launched by Kara Mustafa Pasha (see also the Treaty of Karlowitz

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).

Name	Lived in	Grand Vizier in	Sultan(s)
Köprülü Mehmet Pasha	1583–1661	1656–1661	Mehmed IV Mehmed IV Mehmed IV Modern Turkish Mehmet was the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1648 to 1687...
Köprülü Fazıl Ahmet Pasha	1635–1676	1661–1676	Mehmed IV
Kara Mustafa Pasha1	1634–1683	1676–1683	Mehmed IV
Köprülü Fazıl Mustafa Pasha Köprülü Fazil Mustafa Pasha Fazıl Mustafa Köprülü, Ghazi Fazıl Mustafa Köprülü was an Ottoman grand vizier in the 17th century when the Ottoman Empire was engaged in a war against Holy Alliance countries in the Great Turkish War. He was a member of the Köprülü family of Albanian origin...	1637–1691	1689–1691	Suleiman II Suleiman II Suleiman II was the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1687 to 1691... , Ahmed II Ahmed II Ahmed II Khan Ghazi was the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1691 to 1695...
Köprülü Hüseyin Pasha	died in 1702	1697–1702	Mustafa II Mustafa II Mustafa II Ghazi was the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1695 to 1703.-Life:...
Köprülü Numan Pasha Köprülü Numan Pasha Köprülü Numan Pasha was the Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire between June and August in 1710. He was a member of the Köprülü family....	died in 1719	1710–1711	Ahmed III Ahmed III Ahmed III was Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and a son of Sultan Mehmed IV . His mother was Mâh-Pâre Ummatullah Râbi'a Gül-Nûş Valide Sultan, originally named Evmania Voria, who was an ethnic Greek. He was born at Hajioglupazari, in Dobruja...
Köprülü Abdullah Pasha Köprülü Abdullah Pasha Köprülü Abdullah Paşa was an Ottoman general of the first half of the 18th century and one of the commanders during the Ottoman-Persian War....	died in 1735	1723–1735	Ahmed III, Mahmud I Mahmud I Mahmud I , called the Hunchback was the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1730 to 1754.-Biography:...

¹ Kara Mustafa Pasha had been adopted by the Köprülü family and was the brother-in-law of Köprülü Fazıl Ahmet Pasha.