Vaka-i Hayriye

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Vaka-i Hayriye was the 1826 Ottoman military and political upheaval in which Sultan Mahmud II violently abolished the Janissary corps, marking a major step in the empire’s modernization efforts.

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Label Occurrences
Vaka-i Hayriye canonical 3
Vak'a-i Hayriye 1

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Ottoman military reform ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
political upheaval ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Auspicious Incident ⓘ
Vak'a-i Hayriye ⓘ
linked to: Vaka-i Hayriye
appliesToJurisdiction Anatolia ⓘ
Rumelia ⓘ
linked to: Rumelia Eyalet
chronologyWithinTopic late Ottoman military reforms ⓘ
country Ottoman Empire ⓘ
date 1826 ⓘ
describedBySource 19th-century European diplomatic reports ⓘ
Ottoman chronicles ⓘ
endTime June 1826 ⓘ
followedBy centralization of Ottoman military power ⓘ
establishment of the Asakir-i Mansure-i Muhammediye ⓘ
further Tanzimat-era reforms ⓘ
hasAftermath increased use of European-style military training ⓘ
reduction of conservative military opposition to reform ⓘ
reorganization of Ottoman provincial garrisons ⓘ
hasCause Janissary opposition to military reforms ⓘ
Mahmud II’s desire to modernize the army ⓘ
hasEffect banishment and execution of Janissary leaders ⓘ
confiscation of Janissary properties ⓘ
creation of a new modern army ⓘ
destruction of Janissary barracks ⓘ
formal abolition of the Janissary corps ⓘ
mass killing of Janissaries ⓘ
strengthening of sultanic authority ⓘ
hasPart abolition of the Janissary corps ⓘ
violent suppression of Janissary revolt ⓘ
languageOfName Ottoman Turkish ⓘ
literalMeaningOfName Auspicious Event ⓘ
location Et Meydanı ⓘ
Istanbul ⓘ
Sultanahmet Square ⓘ
politicalContext struggle between reformist sultan and conservative corps ⓘ
precededBy Sekban-ı Cedid experiment ⓘ
failed earlier reform attempts involving the Janissaries ⓘ
religiousAspect use of fetvas to legitimize suppression of Janissaries ⓘ
significance end of Janissary political influence ⓘ
major reconfiguration of Ottoman military structure ⓘ
turning point in Ottoman modernization ⓘ
significantParticipant Istanbul populace ⓘ
Janissary corps ⓘ
linked to: Janissaries

Mahmud II ⓘ
Sekban-ı Cedid supporters ⓘ
ulema ⓘ
startTime June 1826 ⓘ
timePeriod 19th century ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Auspicious Incident → alsoKnownAs → Vaka-i Hayriye ⓘ
Vaka-i Hayriye → alsoKnownAs → Vak'a-i Hayriye ⓘ
linked to: Vaka-i Hayriye
Vakʿa-i Hayriyye → hasAlternativeName → Vaka-i Hayriye ⓘ
Janissary revolt of 1826 → alsoKnownAs → Vaka-i Hayriye ⓘ