Osmanlı İmparatorluğu Klasik Çağında Askeri İsyanlar
Military Scores in the Classical Period of Ottoman Empire

Author(s): Şehmus Canpolat
Subject(s): Military history, Modern Age, Government/Political systems, The Ottoman Empire
Published by: Özgür Yayın Dağıtım Ltd. Şti.
Keywords: The Ottoman Empire; Military history; military rebellions; riots;
Summary/Abstract: In the history of the Ottoman Empire, the term Classical Age is generally used for the period before the declaration of the 1839 Tanzimat Ferman. Undoubtedly, at the beginning of the biggest events faced by the Ottoman Empire in its 623-year historical adventure, which left a great mark on the world history, are the rebellions it experienced. Revolt literally means a revolt against the current administration in our dictionaries, but what kind of military rebellions took place in the Ottoman Empire, one of the largest states the world has ever seen. Were the reasons behind the riots purely political? What was the attitude of the people in the face of these rebellions? Some riots were so effective that they could not bring the people out of the streets and open their shops, which paralyzed daily life. These revolts led to the lives of which sultans. What did the people and the state do? Where were the Janissaries, the first regular army that European history had ever seen, in these rebellions?

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