NEHC 20012 Lecture 11: 2.23.2016 - lecture notes
6 Sep 2016
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The long nineteenth century the age of reforms . 1839: gulhane edict: regulated levying of taxes, abolition of tax farming, conscription, applies to all ottoman subjects, muslim and non-muslim alike, modern penal code. Outlaws execution without trial, confiscation of property, and violations of personal chastity and honor. Somewhat based on islamic law, but treats muslims and non-muslims as equals. 1856: reform edict: reaffirmation of previous edict insisting reforms apply to all inhabitants of. Empire regardless of religion: grants equality to non-muslims in all aspects of life, secular education, language of edict was secular, effects. Rise of bureaucratic rule (as opposed to sultanic) Rise of ottomanism (of belonging to empire as opposed to religious or local community) 1876: first ottoman constitution: young ottoman thought instrumental in spreading ideas about curbing power of. Sultan, central admin: constitution was result of several factors, one of which was young ottoman resistance to autocratic rule, kanun-i esasi.
