Menâpirzâde Nuri

{{Short description|Georgian-Ottoman politician}}

Yusuf Paşazâde (Menâpirzâde) (born c. 1844, Kahramanmaraş - 16 July 1906{{Cite web|date=2013-04-18|title=Üsküdar Belediyesi|url=http://www.uskudar.bel.tr/tr-tr/hizmet/rehber/Sayfalar/Rehber-Detay-Icerik.aspx?GuideID=3&SubID=88&ContentID=19130|access-date=2021-08-28|website=archive.is|archive-date=2013-04-18|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130418141934/http://www.uskudar.bel.tr/tr-tr/hizmet/rehber/Sayfalar/Rehber-Detay-Icerik.aspx?GuideID=3&SubID=88&ContentID=19130|url-status=dead}} Istanbul) was a Georgian-Ottoman politician, musician.

He fought for the establishment of a constitutional regime in the Ottoman Empire.{{Cite book|last=Lewis|first=Bernard|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/244977681|title=Modern Türkiye'nin doğuşu|date=2008|publisher=Arkadaş|others=Boğaç Babür. Turna|isbn=978-975-509-554-7|edition=3|location=İstanbul|oclc=244977681}} For this purpose, he was among the founders of the secret organization called the Young Ottomans.{{Cite web|title=Yeni Osmanlılar|url=https://acikders.ankara.edu.tr/pluginfile.php/161504/mod_resource/content/1/TAR433-%20V.%20Hafta.pdf}} Other opposition intellectuals of the period, such as Namık Kemal, Ziya Pasha, and Ali Suavi, went abroad and joined them in the Hürriyet Newspaper they published. During the reign of Abdülhamit, he held important positions such as the sultan's special adviser, mabeyn clerk, and tobacco director's commissioner; He was known as the "director commissioner". His works include poems, lyrics, and several plays and compositions.{{Cite book|last=Kuran|first=Ahmed Bedevî|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/46483938|title=İnkılap tarihimiz ve Jön Türkler|date=2000|publisher=Kaynak Yayınları|isbn=975-343-270-4|edition=2. basım|location=İstanbul|oclc=46483938}}