History: Ottoman Empire?

Question

Ottoman polices encourage Christians in the empire to be loyal to their Muslim rulers. agree/disagree.

i think i would disagree.
i don't know if my reasons make sense but there they are, someone please tell me if they would work for this essay question.

1. they wouldn't be loyal because of the policy of Christian boys going to the army.
2. taxes
3. I don't know another one. can someone please help.

Answer 1

You're on the right track. While christians were allowed to keep and practice their religious beliefs, they did experience a higher tax burden and were second class citizens, unable to take certain jobs etc. The Ottoman Empire didn't require conversion because they correctly believed that forced conversion wouldn't work, but systematically denied christians, jews, and non-muslims the ability to succeed economicaly or politically.

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Answer 2

In 1908 the Young Turk movement, a reformist and strongly nationalist group, with many adherents in the army, forced the restoration of the constitution of 1876, and in 1909 the parliament deposed the sultan and put Muhammad V on the throne. In the two successive Balkan Wars (1912–13), Turkey lost nearly its entire territory in Europe to Bulgaria, Serbia, Greece, and newly independent Albania. The nationalism of the Young Turks, whose leader Enver Pasha gained virtual dictatorial power by a coup in 1913, antagonized the remaining minorities in the empire.

The outbreak of World War I found Turkey lined up with the Central Powers. Although Turkish troops succeeded against the Allies in the Gallipoli campaign (1915), Arabia rose against Turkish rule, and British forces occupied (1917) Baghdad and Jerusalem. In 1918, Turkish resistance collapsed in Asia and Europe. An armistice was concluded in October, and the Ottoman Empire came to an end. The Treaty of Sèvres (see Sèvres, Treaty of) confirmed its dissolution. With the victory of the Turkish nationalists, who had refused to accept the peace terms and overthrew the sultan in 1922, modern Turkey's history began.