Odön Edmund Szeckenyi Paşa
According to an invitation of Sultan Abdülaziz In 1872 Hungarian Count/Graf Odön/Edmund Szeckenyi who received in London fire education come to Istanbul and was made President of Ottoman Imperial Fire Department. Count Szeckenyi was President of Hungarian Fire department. He established 4 fire battalions and returned to Hungary. During the rule of Sultan Abdülhamid the II he was invited again to Istanbul and made Pasha. He remained until 1922 in Istanbul as President of the Fire department.
