Boynuyaralı Mehmed Pasha (born:1576 Canik died 1665 in Eyüp, Istanbul), also known as Boynueğri Mehmed Pasha, was an Ottoman statesman. He was grand vizier of the Ottoman Empire from 26 April 1656 to 15 September 1656.İsmail Hâmi Danişmend, Osmanlı Devlet Erkânı, Türkiye Yayınevi, İstanbul, 1971, p. 42. (Turkish)
Mehmed Pasha fought in the Ottoman–Safavid War of 1623–39 under sultan Murad IV. He was wounded in the neck during a battle, earning him the epithets boynuyaralı ("wounded-neck" in Turkish) and boynueğri ("crooked-neck").Silahdar Tarihi, Volume 1, p. 410 As a Sergeant General in his youth, he was involved in the execution of the satirist poet Nef'i. Although he was famous for his courage in wars in his youth, he was noted as an unsuccessful grand vizier.Sicill-i Osmânî, IV, 175-176. He was of Turkish origin.İsmail Hâmi Danişmend, Osmanlı Devlet Erkânı, Türkiye Yayınevi, İstanbul, 1971, p. 42. (Turkish)
See also List of Ottoman grand viziers
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