Ottomanism

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Etymology

From Ottoman +‎ -ism.

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Ottomanism

  1. A nation-building ideology, put forward in the late days of the Ottoman Empire, that afforded equal status to Muslims and non-Muslims.
    • 2015 October 23, The Great War: From Memory to History‎[1], →ISBN:
      Over the course of Seferberlik, the immense hardships and Istanbul's heavy-handed administration could very well have disillusioned Arabs who had been loyal to the ideals of Ottomanism.

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