Ottomanism
Concept that emerged towards the end of the Tanzimat period / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ottomanism or Osmanlılık (Ottoman Turkish: عثمانلولق, Turkish: Osmanlıcılık) was a concept which developed prior to the 1876–1878 First Constitutional Era of the Ottoman Empire. Its proponents believed that it could create the social cohesion (İttihad-ı Anasır) needed to keep millets from tearing the empire apart.[1]