mid 19 th century territory losses greecegreece egyptegypt weak economy tax revenues selim iii...
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Reforms Reforms 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 uprisingNo major uprising Moderate population growthModerate population growth Ottomans not considered foreign rulers…Ottomans not considered foreign rulers… More authentic attempt at reformMore authentic attempt at reform After WWI Ottoman Empire Falls: Turkish nation-state The Good Opening ceremony of the First Ottoman Parliament 1876 Abdul Hamid II Young Turk Revolution (3 July 1908)TRANSCRIPT
The Ottoman Empire
Mid 19th century
Territory losses
GreeceEg
ypt
Weak EconomyTax 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”)