Those efforts, supported by French diplomacy, bore fruit in 1710, and resulted in the dismissal of the Grand Vizier Çorlulu Ali Pasha ; the new Grand Vizier, Köprülü Numan Pasha, who became a good acquaintance of Poniatowski, supported an anti-Russian shift in the Turkish politics.

Among these were important historical figures, including Iljaz Hoxha, Hamza Kastrioti, Davud Pasha, Zağanos Pasha, Köprülü Mehmed Pasha ( head of the Köprülü family of Grand Viziers ), the Bushati family, Sulejman Pasha, Edhem Pasha, Nezim Frakulla, Ali Pasha of Tepelena, Haxhi Shekreti, Hasan Zyko Kamberi, Ali Pasha of Gucia, Mehmet Ali ruler of Egypt and Emin Pasha.

On 15 September 1656 the octogenarian Köprülü Mehmed Pasha accepted the seals of office having received guarantees from the Valide Turhan Hatice of unprecedented authority and freedom from interference.

* Köprülü Mehmed Pasha ends his rule as vizier of the Ottoman Empire.

The Ottoman army under an Albanian grand vizier, Köprülü Fazıl Ahmed Pasha conquered the city in 1669.

According to the verbal tradition of the Bulgrians, Grand Vizier Köprülü Mehmed Pasha ( 1656 – 1661 ) threatened the Pomaks of Chepino Valley that he would execute them if they didn't turn to Islam.

Unable to rule effectively himself, Suleiman II shrewdly appointed Köprülü Fazıl Mustafa Pasha as his Grand Vizier.

Under Köprülü's leadership the Ottomans halted an Austrian advance into Serbia and crushed an uprising in Bulgaria until Köprülü Fazıl Mustafa Pasha was killed in the Battle of Slankamen by Austrian forces.

* Köprülü Mehmet Pasha and his son Köprülü Fazıl Ahmet Pasha of Ottoman ( Turkish ) Empire

By the time Köprülü died in September 1661, he had built on the island the businesses of a coffee-house, a bakery, 84 shops, and nine mills ; a watermill ; two mosques ; a school ; a rest stop for travelers and a stable ; and a bath-house.

This period gave way to the highly significant Köprülü Era ( 1656 – 1703 ), during which effective control of the Empire was exercised by a sequence of Grand Viziers from the Köprülü family.

During the years preceding the second siege ( the first one was in 1529 ), under the auspices of grand viziers from the influential Köprülü family, the Ottoman Empire undertook extensive logistical preparations this time, including the repair and establishment of roads and bridges leading into the Holy Roman Empire and its logistical centers, as well as the forwarding of ammunition, cannon and other resources from all over the Ottoman Empire to these logistical centers and into the Balkans.

Mehmet Fuat Köprülü ( December 5, 1890 – June 28, 1966 ), aka Köprülüzade, who traced his descent from the illustrious Köprülü family, was a Turkish politician and historian, known for his contributions to Ottoman history, Turkish folklore and language.

In the Köprülü era ( 1656 – 1703 ), the Empire was controlled by a series of powerful grand viziers.

Another mosque, Köprülü Mehmet Paşa Mosque ( also called Yali Mosque ), is also a monument.

: The town of Vezirköprü in north-central Turkey, formerly named only as Köprü ( bridge ), whence the name of Köprülü family, holds its present name-literally vizier's bridge-from the same family.

* Köprülü era ( 1656 – 1703 ), the period in which the Ottoman Empire's politics were set by the Grand Viziers, mainly the Köprülü family

* Veles ( city ), known as Köprülü until the Balkan Wars

Köprülü Mehmed Pasha ( in ) ( born at 1575 in Roshnik, Berat, Albania – 31 October 1661 Edirne ), Was the founder of the Albanian Köprülü dynasty.

He founded Köprülü in Rumelia ( present day Veles, Macedonia ), where his eldest son, Köprülü Fazıl Ahmed, was born.

Then on 7 January 1946, he founded Demokrat Parti ( the Democratic Party ), a socially conservative economically liberal party, along with Adnan Menderes, Fuat Köprülü and Refik Koraltan.

The Battle of Saint Gotthard () was fought on August 1, 1664 as part of the Austro-Turkish War ( 1663-1664 ), between an Habsburg army led by Raimondo Montecuccoli, Jean de Coligny-Saligny, Wolfgang Julius von Hohenlohe, Prince Leopold of Baden, Georg Friedrich of Waldeck and an Ottoman army under the command of Köprülü Fazıl Ahmed.

This continued under his son and successor Köprülü Fazıl Ahmed ( Grand Vizier 1661 – 1676 ).

* Mehmed Köprülü becomes Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire.

Grand Vizier Mehmed Köprülü, after the mass Islamization, destroyed 218 churches and 336 chapels in the areas of Pomaks.

Köprülü Mehmed Pasha was the most powerful Ottoman Grand Vizier of Albanian origins.

The Ottoman defeat weakened its Sultan Mehmed IV, then aged 16, and strengthened the Grand Vizier, Köprülü Mehmed Pasha.

Following the victory, the Grand Vizier Köprülü Mehmed Pasha visited the island and oversaw its repairs, during which he funded construction of a mosque, which was to be called by his name.

* Ahmed Köprülü, Ottoman Grand Vizier of the Köprülü family

Grand Vizier Köprülü Fazıl Mustafa Pasha was killed during the Battle of Slankamen in the year 1691.

Hardly able to take control of events himself after the Austrian victory at The second Battle of Mohács, Sultan Suleiman II nevertheless made crucial choice by appointing Köprülü Fazıl Mustafa Pasha as his Grand Vizier.

Many German troops were withdrawn from the east to fight King Louis ' French forces on the Rhine, encouraging the Ottomans, led by the Grand Vizier Köprülü Fazıl Mustafa Pasha, to continue the war.

Amongst the Ottoman forces killed in battle was the Grand Vizier Köprülü Fazıl Mustafa Pasha.

The Mother Sultana Turhan Hatice conducted consultations and the most favored candidate for the post of Grand Vizier came out as the old and retired but experienced Köprülü Mehmed Pasha.

Köprülü was called to Istanbul, where he accepted the position of Grand Vizier on September 14, 1656.

When Grand Admiral Topal Mehmed Pasha failed to break the Venetian blockade of the Dardanelles in July 17, 1657, Köprülü executed him and his principal officers on the spot.

He, therefore, accepted terms and surrendered to Ahmed Köprülü, the Grand Vizier of Albanian origin of the Ottoman Empire of on 27 September 1669.

It was named Köprülü after its founder Mehmed Köprülü, a Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire.

The Grand Vizier, Köprülü Fazıl Ahmet Pasha, sent the pirate Hasan Baba to subdue Mani.

It was not long before Grand Vizier Köprülü Mehmed Pasha ( Vizier 1656-1661 ) defeated Rákóczy and conquered Transylvania.

The Ottoman period also saw the rising of semi-autonomous Albanian ruled Pashaliks and Albanians were also an important part of the Ottoman army and Ottoman administration like the case of Köprülü family.

The Köprülü Vizierate saw renewed military success with authority restored in Transylvania, the conquest of Crete completed in 1669 and expansion into Polish southern Ukraine, with the strongholds of Khotyn and Kamianets-Podilskyi and the territory of Podolia ceding to Ottoman control in 1676.

The most prominent Albanians during Ottoman rule were: Davud Pasha, Hamza Kastrioti, Iljaz Hoxha, Nezim Frakulla, Köprülü Mehmed Pasha, Ali Pasha, Edhem Pasha, Omer Vrioni, Haxhi Shehreti, Ali Pasha of Gucia, Ibrahim Pasha of Berat, Köprülü Fazıl Ahmed, Muhammad Ali of Egypt, Kara Mahmud Bushati, Kara Murad Pasha, Ahmet Kurt Pasha, Mustafa Bushati, Ibrahim Bushati, Sedefkar Mehmed Agha.

The Köprülü family (, meaning " Cypriot ") was an Ottoman noble family of Albanian origin.

In the History of the Ottoman Empire the Köprülü Viziers have a reputation for dynamism in a state that would later show signs of decline and stagnation.

* Köprülü family ( Kypriljotet ) an Ottoman noble family of Albanian origin

Köprülü Fazıl Ahmed Pasha () was a member of the renowned Köprülü family originated from Albania, that had given five grand viziers to the Ottoman Empire.