Ministry of Justice (Ottoman Empire) explained

The Ministry of Justice (ota|'''عدليه نظارتی'''; tr|'''Adliyye Nezâreti''') was the justice ministry of the Ottoman Empire, based in Constantinople (now Istanbul). It also served as the Ministry of Religions.^[1]

It was established in 1879 as part of a reorganisation of the empire's legal system.^[2] Non-Muslim ecclesiastical authorities relied on the ministry. The ministry took control of the commercial courts and commercial appeal courts from the Ministry of Commerce.^[1] Nizamiye courts were administered in the ministry.

Ioannis Vithynos served in the justice ministry as the director of criminal investigations.^[3]

Ministry of Justice (Turkey) currently governs affairs in Turkey.

Notes and References

1. Book: Young, George. Corps de droit ottoman; recueil des codes, lois, règlements, ordonnances et actes les plus importants du droit intérieur, et d'études sur le droit coutumier de l'Empire ottoman. Clarendon Press. 1. 1905. fr. 160. "Il est remarqué que les autorites ecclesiastiques des Communautes non-musulmanes dependent du Ministere de la justice, qui est aussi le Ministere des Cultes."
2. Book: Young, George. Corps de droit ottoman; recueil des codes, lois, règlements, ordonnances et actes les plus importants du droit intérieur, et d'études sur le droit coutumier de l'Empire ottoman. Clarendon Press. 1. 1905. fr. 159.
3. Book: Strauss, Johann. The First Ottoman Experiment in Democracy. 2010 . A Constitution for a Multilingual Empire: Translations of the Kanun-ı Esasi and Other Official Texts into Minority Languages . Herzog, Christoph. Malek Sharif. Wurzburg. 21–51 . (info page on book at Martin Luther University) - Cited: p. 32 (PDF p. 34)