tanzimat
Tags: ottoman
Political reforms aimed at appeasing European Great Powers for equality of citizenship and abolishment of the millet system
- Announced in 1839
- Promulgated in 1856
- Reforms were run through a series of dragomans, described by Philliou: Interpreting the Ottoman Past through the National Present
- Reforms attemped to centralize all currencies into a single treasury issued currency
- Streamlining the Ottoman empire’s coercive abilites to command economic production - Blumi - Ottoman Refugees, 1878-1939