title: From decline to progress : Ottoman concepts of reform 1600-1876
abstract: This dissertation aims to analyse the transformation of Ottoman reform debates from the late sixteenth century to 1876 when the first Ottoman constitution was promulgated, by tracing various concepts of reform used in different periods of.In chronological order these concepts are slah (reform) in seventeenth century, tecdd (renewal) at the turn of nineteenth century, tanzmt (reordering) in the period leading up to the Tanzimat and terakki (progress) during the late Tanzimat.Using the political w
journal: Bilkent University Institutional Repository (Bilkent University)