The Political and Legal Doctrine of Ottomanism: From the Reforms of the Tanzimat Era to the Constitution of 1876

The article is devoted to the analysis of the political and legal doctrine of Ottomanism as a concept of a civil nation based on a heterogeneous multi-component society of a complex multicultural state in the absence of classical Western European formal equality. The author speak on he main provisions of Islamic law regarding the regulation of the personal status of a citizen are considered. The prerequisites for the creation of the concept of a single Ottoman nation are analyzed, as well as the reasons for the unsuccessful implementation of the doctrine of Ottomanism.