Boynuyaralı Mehmed Pasha

Boynuyaralı / Boynueğri Mehmed Pasha
Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire
In office 26 April 1656 – 15 September 1656
Monarch	Mehmed IV
Preceded by	Abaza Siyavuş Pasha I
Succeeded by	Köprülü Mehmed Pasha
Personal details
Died	1665 Eyüp, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire
Nationality	Ottoman
Military service
Allegiance	Ottoman Empire
Battles/wars	Ottoman–Safavid War (1623–39) (WIA)

Boynuyaralı Mehmed Pasha (died 1665 in Eyüp, Istanbul), also known as Boynueğri Mehmed Pasha, was an Ottoman statesman. He was grand vizier of the Ottoman Empire from 26 April 1656 to 15 September 1656.

Mehmed Pasha fought in the Ottoman–Safavid War of 1623–39 under sultan Murad IV. He was wounded in the neck during a battle, earning him the epithets boynuyaralı ("wounded-neck" in Turkish) and boynueğri ("crooked-neck"). As a Sergeant General in his youth, he was involved in the execution of the satirist poet Nef'i.

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