The Ministry of the Interior (Ottoman Turkish: داخلیه نظارتی; Turkish: Dâhiliye nezareti; French: Ministère de l'Intérieur[1]) was from 1860 the interior ministry of the Ottoman Empire, based in Constantinople (now Istanbul).
The ministry included:[1]
Circa 1905 the budget of the ministry was 495,300 Ottoman lira out of 954,364 for the government.[1]
Previously the Grand Vizier, upon the counsel of his advisor, managed the internal affairs of the state, but in 1860 a western-style ministry of the interior was established as part of a reform of the empire's administration.[1]
Ministry of the Interior (Turkey) currently governs domestic affairs in Turkey.