Ottoman absolutism

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Ottoman absolutism was the centralized, autocratic form of monarchical rule exercised by the sultans of the Ottoman Empire, characterized by concentrated political authority and limited popular participation in governance.

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Ottoman absolutism canonical 1
Ottoman central authority 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf absolutism
autocratic monarchy
form of government
appliesTo Ottoman Empire
associatedWith centralization of taxation
devshirme system
standing army of janissaries
timar system
basedOnOfficeOf Ottoman sultan
centeredInInstitution Imperial Council
Sublime Porte
Topkapi Palace
challengedBy Tanzimat reforms
linked to: Tanzimat

Young Ottoman movement
Young Turk movement
characterizedBy autocratic rule
bureaucratic administration
centralized political authority
concentration of power in the sultan
limited popular participation in governance
military-backed authority
religiously legitimated rule
contrastedWith constitutional monarchy in the Ottoman Empire
declinedInCentury 19th century
developedDuringReignOf Mehmed II
Suleiman the Magnificent
differsFrom parliamentary democracy
emergedInCentury 14th century
exercisedThrough central bureaucracy
imperial decrees
sultanic law
existedInTerritory Anatolia
Balkans
Middle East
hasKeyOffice Grand Vizier
janissary agha
linked to: Janissary Agha

provincial governor
historicalPeriod classical age of the Ottoman Empire
legitimatedBy Islamic law
linked to: Sharia

dynastic tradition
sultan’s role as caliph
limitedBy Islamic jurisprudence
janissary corps
provincial power holders
reachedMatureFormByCentury 16th century
relatedConcept European absolutism
Oriental despotism

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Kemalism opposes Ottoman absolutism
Reşid Mehmed Pasha politicalAlignment Ottoman central authority
linked to: Ottoman absolutism