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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Label Occurrences
Ottomanism canonical 15

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Statements (49)

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 ⓘ
linked to: Tanzimat

Young Ottomans ⓘ
Young Turks ⓘ
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 ⓘ
loss of Ottoman territories ⓘ
rise of ethnic nationalisms ⓘ
developedIn Ottoman Empire ⓘ
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 ⓘ
Second Constitutional Era ⓘ
languagePolicyAspect promotion of Ottoman Turkish as administrative language ⓘ
legalExpression Ottoman Basic Law of 1876 ⓘ
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 ⓘ
legal equality of Muslims and non-Muslims ⓘ
unity of all subjects under the Ottoman sultan ⓘ
relatedTo Pan-Islamism ⓘ
Pan-Turkism ⓘ
soughtToReform millet system ⓘ
supportedBy some Ottoman bureaucrats ⓘ
some Ottoman intellectuals ⓘ
viewedSubjectsAs equal Ottomans regardless of religion ⓘ

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Referenced by (15)

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Ottoman intellectuals → ideology → Ottomanism ⓘ
Mehmed Emin Âli Pasha → ideology → Ottomanism ⓘ
Süleyman Askerî Bey → ideology → Ottomanism ⓘ
Ali Suavi → ideology → Ottomanism ⓘ
Midhat Pasha → ideology → Ottomanism ⓘ
Said Halim Pasha → ideology → Ottomanism ⓘ
Ishak Sukuti → politicalIdeology → Ottomanism ⓘ
Committee of Union and Progress → ideology → Ottomanism ⓘ
subject linked to: CUP
Ahmed Cemal Pasha → ideology → Ottomanism ⓘ
Young Ottomans → ideology → Ottomanism ⓘ
Tanzimat literature → theme → Ottomanism ⓘ