Ottomanism

Ottomanism is a term which refers to the political system of the Ottoman Empire as well as implementations of such or similar system of it such as. The Ottoman system was notable foramong the world's most powerful political entities and the countries of Europe felt threatened by its steady advance through the Balkans and the most advanced fighting forces in the world, being one of the first to use muskets and cannons.

It was also the concept which developed prior to the 1876-1878 First Constitutional Era of the Ottoman Empire. Its proponents believed that it could create the social cohesion needed to keep nationalism from tearing the empire apart. It promoted equality among the millets. The idea of Ottomanism originated amongst the  in concepts such as the acceptance of all separate ethnicities in the Empire regardless of their religion, i.e., all were to be "Ottomans" with equal rights.

Historical Recap
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[[File:Reform.png]] Tanzimat
Tanzimat edict; making the reforms permanent, preventing the deterioration in the state order and saving the state from the negative effects of the spreading nationalist movements. The following examples can be given for the substances of the edict: The safety of life, property and honor of all citizens will be ensured. Clarity will be provided in the judgment. No one can be executed without trial (reflects the rule of law.) There will be justice in taxes.

Ashab

 * [[File:Muslim_2.png]] - Glory to Allah!
 * [[File:Tellur.png]] Tellurocracy - A big empire on land? Based.
 * [[File:Ottoman.png]] - Inshallah you will bring me back.
 * [[File:PanGerman.png]] Pan-Germanicism - You were a great ally during the Great War.

Esmaç

 * [[File:Ittihad.png]] - I appreciate your effort to preserve the empire in WW1, even though you wanted a pan-Turkic state and overthrew Abdul Hadmid.
 * [[File:Abmon.png]] - Best way to rule. But then I had to modernize my ways...
 * [[File:Conmon.png]] - What I tried to achieve with the Young Turks.
 * [[File:Cball-Byzantine.png]] - I am your true successor, why do you keep denying that you dirty Gayreek? Cope about 1453
 * [[File:Trad.png]] - I dislike Mondernization and Secularism, but I made a deal with Germany to modernize my army. And not long before that I've did lots of reforms myself such as the Vilayet Law, 1874 Turkish Constitution, Tanzimat, etc...
 * [[File:Nation.png]] - The perfect weapon to destroy the Caliph, although...
 * [[File:Habs.png]] Habsburgism - Damn you for Vienna! At least we helped each other in WW1...

Hasım

 * [[File:Venizelos.png]] Venizelism - Dirty Gayreek.
 * [[File:Metaxi.png]] -  Another dirty Gayreek.
 * [[File:Christy.png]] - Dirty Armenian!
 * [[File:StateOO.png]] - Another Dirty Armenian! And screw Ethiopia, we and the Somalis were supposed to destroy you if Portugal didn´t intervene.
 * [[File:ClassicalKemalism.png]] - GGGAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!! ATATURK, HOW DARE YOU MAKE MY EMPIRE COLLAPSE!!!
 * [[File:PanBrit.png]] Pan-Anglicism & [[File:Cball-France.png]] Pan-Francoism - Damn you both Britain and France! Because of you all, I lost WW1!
 * [[File:PanArab.png]] Pan-Arabism - Dirty Arabs! Damn you for beating me in the Arab Revolt!
 * [[File:Tsar1.png]] Tsarism - Dirty interventionist! If you just minded your business instead of "liberating" Crimea and Eastern Europe, those places would have been more peaceful today! hiding the fact I tortured the people there Also, you want to annex Constantinople aka Istanbul just to make yourself the third Rome???? Not on my sight!

Wikipedia

 * Ottoman Empire
 * Ottomanism

Videos

 * The History of the Ottoman Empire (All Parts) - 1299 - 1922
 * The Entire History of Ottoman Empire Explained in 7 Minutes
 * The Turkish Century | From Hittites to Atatürk