Ottomanism

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Ottomanism was a late 19th- and early 20th-century political ideology in the Ottoman Empire that sought to create a unified, supranational Ottoman identity transcending ethnic and religious divisions.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Ottoman political concept
political ideology
state ideology
supranational ideology
aimedTo create a unified Ottoman identity
integrate non-Muslim subjects into the Ottoman polity
prevent separatist nationalism
strengthen loyalty to the Ottoman state
transcend ethnic divisions
transcend religious divisions
associatedWith Ottoman constitutionalism
Tanzimat reforms NERFINISHED
Young Ottomans NERFINISHED
Young Turks NERFINISHED
basedOn equality of all Ottoman subjects before the law
contrastedWith Arab nationalism
Turkish nationalism
coreIdea shared political identity over communal identities
supranational Ottoman patriotism
declinedBecauseOf World War I NERFINISHED
loss of Ottoman territories
rise of ethnic nationalisms
developedIn Ottoman Empire NERFINISHED
emergedIn late 19th century
geographicalScope multiethnic Ottoman Empire
historicalPeriod early 20th century
late 19th century
influencedBy European nationalism
French Revolution ideals
liberal constitutionalism
keyEventContext First Constitutional Era NERFINISHED
Second Constitutional Era NERFINISHED
languagePolicyAspect promotion of Ottoman Turkish as administrative language
legalExpression Ottoman Basic Law of 1876 NERFINISHED
normativePrinciple civic equality
shared allegiance to the dynasty and constitution
opposedTo ethnic nationalism within the empire
separatist movements in the Balkans
politicalGoal modernization of the Ottoman state
preservation of the Ottoman Empire
promotedConcept Ottoman citizenship NERFINISHED
legal equality of Muslims and non-Muslims
unity of all subjects under the Ottoman sultan
relatedTo Pan-Islamism
Pan-Turkism NERFINISHED
soughtToReform millet system
supportedBy some Ottoman bureaucrats
some Ottoman intellectuals
viewedSubjectsAs equal Ottomans regardless of religion

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Ottoman intellectuals ideology Ottomanism
Ottoman Grand Vizier Mehmed Emin Âli Pasha ideology Ottomanism
subject surface form: Mehmed Emin Âli Pasha