The Ottoman Empire

Mid 19th century

Territory losses

Greece

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t

Weak Economy

Tax revenues

Selim III receiving dignitaries during an audience at the Gate of Felicity,

Topkapı Palace.

ReformsReforms 1839

Ambassadors to Europe learn administrative skills

European Advisors

Western style schools

Train officials in Western education

Western court system - secular

Equality of all citizens

• No major uprising• Moderate population growth• Ottomans not considered foreign rulers… • More authentic attempt at reform

After WWI Ottoman Empire Falls: Turkish nation-state

The Good

Opening ceremony of the First Ottoman Parliament 1876

Islamic modernism

Abdu

l Ham

id II

Young Turk Revolution (3 July 1908)

So…

• Why was the Ottoman Empire “sick”?(I.e. “The sick man of Europe”)