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)
- Baltacı Süleyman Pasha [ar], a wali of Damascus (1706-1707) and Beilylerey of Egypt (1704)
- Ali Taner Baltacı [tr] (born 1977), Turkish filmmaker
- Ecem Baltacı [tr] (born 19940, Turkish actress
- Mehmet Baltacı [tr] (1944-2007) Turkish photographer
- Necabettin Baltacı, birth name of Necabettin Ergenekon (1926-2020), Turkish officer
- Özkan Baltacı (born 13 February 1994), Turkish hammer thrower
Places
- Baltacı, Cide [tr], a village in the district of Cide, Kastamonu Province, Turkey
- Baltacı, Dicle, a village in the district of Dicle, Diyarbakır Province, Turkey
- 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
- Baltacı Stream [tr], Trabzon Province, Turkey (a.k.a. Baltacı River, Baltacı Creek, Yeniköy Stream)
See also
- All pages with titles containing Baltaci
- Baltacha, a derived name
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