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education, legal and religious affairs of these communities were administered by their own leaders. This enabled the Ottomans to rule over diverse peoples with "a minimum of resistance". The Jewish community, in particular, prospered under Ottoman rule, and its ranks were swelled with the arrival of Jews who were expelled from Spain. At the same time, non-Muslims were subject to several forms of discrimination and excluded from the Ottoman ruling elite. Armenians formed three
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explains that the prosperity of medieval Jews was closely tied to that of their Muslim governors. Stillman notes that during the time between the 9th and 13th centuries when Jewish culture blossomed, "medieval Islamic civilization was at its apogee". Given their rampant persecution in medieval Europe, many Jews looked favorably upon
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of Lebanon, the Latins of Palestine, and most of the Greek islands, which once held Latin Catholic communities, come under Turkish rule. Papal response to the loss of these communities was initially a call to the crusade, but the response from the European Catholic monarchs was weak: French interest,
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categories were used for the exchange between Greece and Turkey of the Greek Orthodox population in Turkey and Moslems in Greece. The categories were also used to establish the protection of the two remaining recognized minorities, the "Muslims of Western Thrace" (Turks, Pomaks, and Roms) and the
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as separate communities, which the Ottomans and British had not – due mainly to political considerations. Also, the state of Israel reserves the right to determine to which community a person belongs, and officially register him or her accordingly – even when the person concerned objects to being
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communities of the Ottoman Empire, were still considered "People of the book" and protected by the Sharia Law of Islam. However, while the Jews were not viewed in the eyes of the law as equals of Muslims, they were still treated relatively well at points during the Ottoman Empire. Norman Stillman
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Although the Ottoman administration of non-Muslim subjects was not uniform until the 19th century and varied according to region and group, it is possible to identify some common patterns for earlier epochs. Christian and Jewish communities were granted a large degree of autonomy. Tax collection,
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system of this form existed since early Ottoman times. Recent scholarship has cast doubt on this idea, showing that it was rather a later political innovation, which was introduced in the rhetorical garb of an ancient tradition. The Ottoman state used religion rather than ethnicity to define each
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It is no longer possible for the Armenians and the Turks to live together. Only a Christian administration can provide the equality, justice and the freedom of conscience. A Christian administration should replace the Muslim administration. Armenia (Eastern Anatolia) and Kilikya, are the regions
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had extended to the Ottoman Empire during the 19th century. Each millet became increasingly independent with the establishment of its own schools, churches, hospitals and other facilities. These activities effectively moved the Christian population outside the framework of the Ottoman political
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often protested and called for abolition of this Ottoman remnant, and its replacement by a system modeled on that of the United States where religious affiliation is considered a person's private business in which the state should not interfere. However, all such proposals have been defeated.
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also played a political and cultural role. Namely, it bundled together all Armenian and some other groups, showcasing a shift from religious identity towards national identity. As a result of this, a type of hegemony emerged in which all groups that were under this
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Dimitris Stamatopoulos, "From Millets to Minorities in the 19th – Century Ottoman Empire: an Ambiguous Modernization", in S. G. Ellis, G. Hálfadanarson, A.K. Isaacs (επιμ.), Citizenship in Historical Perspective, Pisa: Edizioni Plus – Pisa University Press, 2006,
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by placing soldiers inside the temple because of the "candlestick wars", eliminating the change of keys. Successive Ottoman governments had issued edicts granting primacy of access to different Christian groups which vied for control of Jerusalem's holy sites.
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By the 19th century the Orthodox Christian millet was dominated by Greeks, which were worried of Bulgarian and Romanian autocephalism. Over the course of 1860–1862, a series of laws were produced by a constitutional committee which, taken together, make up the
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among the subject nations and stop the rise of secessionist nationalist movements. within the Ottoman Empire. The reforms tried to integrate non-Muslims and non-Turks more thoroughly into the Ottoman society with new laws and regulations, but failed.
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Armenian Catholics and Armenian Protestants in 1850 (with British backing) separated from the Armenian Gregorian Millet to become their own millets. After the 1856 Imperial Reform edict, the Armenian Protestant Millet was the first millet to have
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despite their differences in ethnicity and language and despite the fact that the religious hierarchy was dominated by the Greeks. Nevertheless, ethnonyms never disappeared and some form of ethnic identity was preserved as evident from a Sultan's
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sanctioned by the government, which was based on the principle of representative and lay control. Debate for a constitution among the Gregorian Armenians would be influenced by the Protestant Armenians'. The Armenian Gregorian Millet received
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largely identifies as Assyrian, but the liturgical language is called Syriac, hence multiple 'millets' for Syriac speaking Assyrians arose as a consequence of the separation by Church affiliation, as was required by 19th century Ottoman law.
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system in the Muslim world provided the pre-modern paradigm of a religiously pluralistic society by granting each religious community an official status and a substantial measure of self-government.
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system created a strain of thought (a new form of personal identification) which made nationality synonymous with religion under the Ottoman flag. It was impossible to hold the system or prevent
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Historian Johann Strauss wrote that the term "seems to be so essential for the understanding of the Ottoman system and especially the status of non-Muslims". Other authors interpret the
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committed a crime against a member of another, the law of the injured party applied, but the ruling Islamic majority being paramount, any dispute involving a Muslim fell under their
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under the Armenian Patriarch. This meant that the Syriac Orthodox were subject to the hegemony of the Armenians linguistically, culturally, politically, and religiously. During the
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who lived in the Byzantine capital. Over the next decades, Turkish armies pushed into the Balkans, overrunning the Catholic populations of Albania, Bosnia, Croatia, and Hungary.
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where the Christian administration should be founded... The Turkish Armenians want this... That is, a Christian administration is demanded in Turkish Armenia, as in Lebanon.
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In 1839 and 1856, reforms were attempted with the goal of creating equality between the religious communities of the Ottoman Empire. In the course of these reforms, new
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had a great deal of power – they set their own laws and collected and distributed their own taxes. All that was required was loyalty to the Empire. When a member of one
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system (citizenship) began to degrade with increasing identification of religious creed with ethnic nationality. The interaction of ideas of French revolution with the
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writes that the word was used to refer to non-Muslim subjects of the Ottoman Empire even before that time. The term was used inconsistently prior to the 19th century.
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are referred to as 'Asuri' in the Turkish vernacular. Assyrians split by Christian sect were thus treated as separate ethnic groups for the Ottoman government. The
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These two reforms, which were theoretically perfect examples of social change by law, caused serious stress on the Ottoman political and administrative structure.
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system and no other term was readily available to describe it. Some other authors have also adopted this usage. The early Christians there formed the
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in the sense of religious community denoted the Muslim religious community or the Christians outside of the Ottoman Empire. This view is supported by
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and clerics in them were also to have their internal rule reviewed by the central government and to keep their power in check. Many clerics in the
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Today a version of religion-based legal pluralism resembling the millet system still persists in varying forms in some post-Ottoman countries like
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F.O. 424/70, No. 134/I zikr., Bilal N. ªimsir, British Documents on Ottoman Armenians 1856–1880), Vol. I, Ankara 19R2, p. 173. Document No. 69.
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These religious activities, subsidized by the governments of western nations, were not devoid of political goals, such in the case of
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corresponding to different religious communities within the empire would not emerge until the eighteenth century. Subsequently, the
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of Jewish origin are registered as members of the Jewish religious community, a practice derived ultimately from the fact that the
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Iakovos D. Michailidis, Minority Rights and Educational Problems in Greek Interwar Macedonia: The Case of the Primer "Abecedar".
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and consider it as such a potentially universal solution to the modern issues of ethnic and religious diversity. According to
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Russia and Britain competed for the Armenians; the Eastern Orthodox perceived American Protestants, who had over 100
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emerge. Non-Armenians from churches which were theologically linked to the Armenian Church (by virtue of being
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Braude, Benjamin (1982). "Foundation Myths of the Millet System". In Braude, Benjamin; Lewis, Bernard (eds.).
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reforms (1839–78), the Syriac Orthodox were granted independent status with the recognition of their own
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had a great deal of power – they set their own laws and collected and distributed their own taxes. The
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system the Jews were organized as a community on the basis of religion, alongside the other millets (
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greater privileges and self-governing powers, but also required oaths of allegiance to the Sultan.
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Egypt – International Religious Freedom Report by the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor
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The Ottoman policy towards Jewish immigration and settlement in Ottoman Palestine: 1882-1920 /
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emerged, notably for Eastern Catholic and Protestant Christian communities. The heads of each
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concept was altered in the 19th century by the rise of nationalism within the Ottoman Empire.
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system was justified through numerous foundation myths linking it back to the time of Sultan
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The Syriac Orthodox community in the Ottoman Empire was for long not recognized as its own
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Ostsyrische Christen und Kurden im Osmanischen Reich des 19. und frühen 20. Jahrhunderts
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Narratives of Identity: The Syrian Orthodox Church and the Church of England 1895-1914
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they had a considerable amount of administrative autonomy and were represented by the
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on March 29, 1863, after several years of tensions within the Armenian community (see
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system pushed back against these reforms as they believed it was meant to weaken the
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as designation for non-Muslim Ottoman communities dates from the reign of Sultan
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usage and is attested in Ottoman administrative documents into the 19th century.
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groups, France of Roman Catholics, and Great Britain of Jews and other groups.
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which served all ethnic Armenians irrespective of whether they belonged to the
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rules on the treatment of non−Muslim minorities living under Islamic dominion (
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Christians and Jews in the Ottoman Empire. The Functioning of a Plural Society
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The Cambridge History of Turkey, Volume 3: The Late Ottoman Empire, 1603-1839
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Bureaucracy and Bourgeoisie: Reform and Revolution in the Age of Imperialism
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Independent court pertaining to personal religious laws of Ottoman subjects
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ultimately designated a person's ethnicity more than a person's beliefs).
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like settlement which would allow them greater independence in Palestine.
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Christians and Jews in the Ottoman Arab World: The Roots of Sectarianism
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Christians and Jews in the Ottoman Arab World: The Roots of Sectarianism
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are not recognised and cannot perform marriages. Israel recognised the
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Convention Concerning the Exchange of Greek and Turkish Populations
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concept (excepting the Armenian case, until the modern era). The
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of their own, that would grant them "sense of distinctiveness".
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The Armenian, Greek, and Jewish residents did not use the word "
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System: Non-Territorial Autonomy and its Contemporary Legacy."
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was recognized as the highest religious and political leader (
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under the Ottoman rule. A wide array of other groups such as
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Under the original design, the multi-faced structure of the
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The Ottoman System lost important domestic powers under the
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and the power these clerics had built for themselves. These
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reforms (1839–76), the term was used for legally protected
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gained their autonomy as a religious community in 1848 by
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had to conform to the norms imposed by the leader of the
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minority, and no ethnic or national minorities, such as
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moreover, lay in an alliance with the Turks against the
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during the 18th century, in 1766 and 1767 respectively.
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Barkey, Karen and George Gavrilis. 2016. "The Ottoman
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has argued that before the Tanzimat reforms, the word
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regards the millet system as an example of pre-modern
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An introduction to the history of the Assyrian Church
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Barkey, Karen; Gavrilis, George (21 December 2015).
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