Mid 19 th century Territory losses GreeceGreece EgyptEgypt Weak Economy Tax revenues Selim III receiving dignitaries during an audience at the Gate of Felicity, Topkapı Palace.

Reforms Reforms 1839 Ambassadors to Europe learn administrative skills European Advisors Western style schools Train officials in Western education Western court system - secular Equality of all citizens No major uprisingNo major uprising Moderate population growthModerate population growth Ottomans not considered foreign rulers…Ottomans not considered foreign rulers… More authentic attempt at reformMore authentic attempt at reform After WWI Ottoman Empire Falls: Turkish nation-state The Good Opening ceremony of the First Ottoman Parliament 1876 Abdul Hamid II Young Turk Revolution (3 July 1908)

So… Why was the Ottoman Empire “sick”? (I.e. “The sick man of Europe”)