THE GREEK AND OTTOMAN ADMINISTRATION DURING THE TANZİMAT PERIOD

Year 1997, Volume: 2 Issue: 2, 0 - 0, 01.06.1997

İlber Ortaylı

Abstract

Even though the Greek revolt was not the first successful national revolt, it had a shock on the Ottomans. The Serbian revolt had paved the way for other Balkan peoples to revolt and had increased their hopes for national revival: but the Greek revolt directly accelerated the Balkan nationalist movements. After the foundation of the Kingdom of the Hellenes, the Greek nation all at once faced structural problems and elicited great hope and despair. After the Greek revolt, the Turkish Empire developed a consciousness of decline and immediately tried to change its administrative, educational, and military structures. Even though Austria and Russia had favoured Greek independence for a while, they soon gave up their Hellenophile policy out of fear of unrest from their own national minorities, namely, the Hungarians and Poles, who had a rich past.