Baltacı

The Baltacı corps (Turkish: baltacı means "a person skilled with an axe", from balta: "axe", i.e., "woodcutter" or "halberdier") was a palace guard of the Ottoman Empire. It may also refer to:

People

Baltacı Mehmet Pasha (1662–1712), Ottoman Grand Vizier (1704–1706, 1710–1711)

Places

Baltacı, Kastamonu, a village in the district of Kastamonu, Kastamonu Province, Turkey
Baltacı Mehmet Paşa, Osmancık, a village in the district of Osmancık, Çorum Province, Turkey

See also

Baltacha, a derived name

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