L’instrumentalisation de la religion dans l’Empire ottoman à l’époque de l’expansion européenne (1800-1914)
Journal: European journal of Turkish studies
Year: 2018

This article focuses on the use of religion by the Ottoman central power in order to prevent the loss of territories (and populations) from the end of the 18th century until the beginning of the 20th century. Especially after the Treaty of Küçük Kaynarca, the Ottoman ruler and his entourage decided to use his caliphal status in two different directions. On the one hand, the symbolic leadership of the Ummah claimed by the Sultan was mobilized in remote Muslim territories in order to obtain extern