the service of the state. He is also notable for his novel "Akabi's Story" (AkabiHikâyesi), published in 1851 in Turkish written in the Armenian script
notably, the first novel to be written in the Ottoman Empire was 1851's AkabiHikayesi, written by Armenian statesman, journalist and novelist Vartan Pasha
the Muhayyelât of Ali Aziz Efendi, cited above. Another, 1851's AkabiHikâyesi ("Akabi's Story"), written by the Armenian Vartan Pasha (Hovsep Vartanian)