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Ottoman

A term used to refer to the citizens of the Ottoman Empire

Ottoman Empire

The Ottoman Empire , also known by its contemporaries as the Turkish Empire or Turkey , was an empire that lasted from 1299?1923. It was Treaty of Lausanne by the Republic of Turkey, which was officially proclaimed on October 29, 1923....
after 1839, when the Tanzimat

Tanzimat

The Tanzimat , meaning reorganization of the Ottoman Empire, was a period of reformation that began in 1839 and ended with the First Constitutional Era in 1876....
edict starting a period of reforms was declared (see Ottomanism

Ottomanism

Ottomanism was a concept which developed prior to the First Constitutional Era of the Ottoman Empire. Its proponents believed that it could solve the social issues that the empire was facing....
). The term was started to be used more commonly especially after the empire officially became a constitutional monarchy

Constitutional monarchy

A constitutional monarchy is a form of constitutional government, where in either an elected or hereditary monarch is the head of state, unlike in an absolute monarchy, wherein the king or the queen is the sole source of political power, as he or she is not legally bound by the constitution....
in 1876. It was used for all the people living in the empire no matter what their religious or ethnic group was. The term was abolished when the Republic of Turkey was declared in 1923.

The term Ottoman (from Arabic Uthmani, deriving from the name of the Turkish ruler Osman I

Osman I

Osman IOsman Gazi or Othman I El-Gazi Ottoman Turkish language: ????? ?? ??????, or Osman Bey or I.Osman or Osman Sayed II) was the leader of the Ottoman Turks, and the founder of the Ottoman dynasty that established and ruled the Ottoman Empire....
) may refer to:

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A term used to refer to the citizens of the Ottoman Empire

Ottoman Empire

The Ottoman Empire , also known by its contemporaries as the Turkish Empire or Turkey , was an empire that lasted from 1299?1923. It was Treaty of Lausanne by the Republic of Turkey, which was officially proclaimed on October 29, 1923....
after 1839, when the Tanzimat

Tanzimat

The Tanzimat , meaning reorganization of the Ottoman Empire, was a period of reformation that began in 1839 and ended with the First Constitutional Era in 1876....
edict starting a period of reforms was declared (see Ottomanism

Ottomanism

Ottomanism was a concept which developed prior to the First Constitutional Era of the Ottoman Empire. Its proponents believed that it could solve the social issues that the empire was facing....
). The term was started to be used more commonly especially after the empire officially became a constitutional monarchy

Constitutional monarchy

A constitutional monarchy is a form of constitutional government, where in either an elected or hereditary monarch is the head of state, unlike in an absolute monarchy, wherein the king or the queen is the sole source of political power, as he or she is not legally bound by the constitution....
in 1876. It was used for all the people living in the empire no matter what their religious or ethnic group was. The term was abolished when the Republic of Turkey was declared in 1923.

The term Ottoman (from Arabic Uthmani, deriving from the name of the Turkish ruler Osman I

Osman I

Osman IOsman Gazi or Othman I El-Gazi Ottoman Turkish language: ????? ?? ??????, or Osman Bey or I.Osman or Osman Sayed II) was the leader of the Ottoman Turks, and the founder of the Ottoman dynasty that established and ruled the Ottoman Empire....
) may refer to:

the Ottoman Empire
Ottoman Empire

The Ottoman Empire , also known by its contemporaries as the Turkish Empire or Turkey , was an empire that lasted from 1299?1923. It was Treaty of Lausanne by the Republic of Turkey, which was officially proclaimed on October 29, 1923....
, a Turkish state in existence from 1300 to 1922;
Ottoman Turks
Ottoman Turks

The Ottoman Turks were the subdivision of the Ottoman Muslim Millet that dominated the ruling class of the Ottoman Empire. Reliable information about the early history of the Ottomans is scarce....
, the Turkic ethnic group that originally comprised the Ottoman Empire;
the Ottoman Dynasty
Ottoman Dynasty

File:Barber cape.jpgThe Ottoman Dynasty ruled the Ottoman Empire from 1299 to 1922, beginning with Osman I , though the dynasty was not proclaimed until Orhan Bey declared himself sultan....
, the governing family of the Ottoman Empire;
the Ottoman Turkish language
Ottoman Turkish language

Ottoman Turkish is the variety of the Turkish language that was used as the administrative and literary language of the Ottoman Empire. It contains extensive borrowings from Arabic language and Persian language languages and was written in a variant of the Arabic script....
;
Ottoman (textile)
Ottoman (textile)

Ottoman is a fabric with a pronounced ribbed or corded effect, often made of silk or a mixture of cotton and other silk like yarns. It is mostly used for formal dress and in particular, legal dress and academic dress ....
, a fabric with a pronounced ribbed or corded effect, often made of silk or a mixture
Ottoman military band
Ottoman military band

Ottoman military bands are thought to be the oldest variety of Military band marching band in the world. Though they are often known by the Persian language-derived word mahtar in the West, that word, properly speaking, refers only to a single musician in the band....
s, or Mehter takimi;
Ottoman (furniture)
Ottoman (furniture)

An ottoman is a piece of furniture, a padded, upholstery seat or bench having neither back nor arms, often used as a stool or footstool, or in some cases as an improvised coffee table....
, a padded stool or footstool; or
Pax Ottomana
Pax Ottomana

Pax Ottomana is a term used to describe the economic and social stability attained in the conquered provinces of the Ottoman Empire, which, at the height of the Empire's power during the 16th and 17th centuries, applied to lands in the Balkans, Anatolia, the Middle East, North Africa and the Caucasus....
, a phrase used to describe a long time of peace in the Ottoman Empire.
Otto Mann
Otto Mann

Otto Mann is a fictional character on the animated TV series The Simpsons, voiced by Harry Shearer. He is the school bus driver for Springfield Elementary School....
, a character on The Simpsons