It had been used from the beginning of the 19^th century and had been used as an office for Viziers until the Tanzimat (Restoration Period). In Tanzimat it was only used as the Grand Vizierate office. People had known this place as “Pasha Door” that is called as “Babisafi” until Sultan Mahmoud II’s time. In the common people’s language “door” is always used as the meaning of government. The name “Babiali” had been common in the time of Sultan Mahmoud II. The house that had been given to Dervis Pasha became the building of viziers after the death of him. After the abolition of Janissaries (the Ottoman soldiers) viziers left Babiali (1826) and it turned out to be a official complex. It became the centre of the administration of Ottoman Empire between 1850 and 1870. All the political and administrative works were done from this place.

It is the name of the government stroke that was done by Party of Union and Progress (Ittifak ve Terakki Cemiyeti) in 23^rd of January,1913. While the government was in a bad position with the loss of the Balkan wars and the pressures of Germany and Austria to sign the peace treaty, the important members of Party of Union and Progress made a sudden attack to Babiali. The attack was planned by Enver Pasha and Talat Pasha in the centre of the party.

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