HIST 4016 : History 4032 Midterm Exam
Document Summary
Congress and treaty of berlin-1878, ended a balkan crisis that began in 1875. *devshmire-every 7 years, recruiters went to christian villages and would have parents bring sons to recruiters who would choose the best and take them back to constantinople where they went through more tests. The best were placed in palace school and trained to run the empire. The rest would be trained to become janissaries. Boys were taken between the ages of 10-20. Dilemma of reform-ottoman empire can"t be defeated (to suggest it would suggest god could be defeated). Some wanted to adopt western training and technology (still defeated in the next war). New liberal constitution in 1876, sultan abdul hamid ii (1877-1909) ignores it. Albanian league- formed in 1878 by tribal chieftans, and said if everything falls apart, we want our own state. Fear that serbs would get albania was the driving force behind it. Serbo-turkish war-turks used irregular forces influenced by american revolution.
