At the end of this course, the students will:

- Have a general understanding of the major transformations experienced in the Ottoman Empire from the late eighteenth to the mid-nineteenth century

- Become familiar with the attempts at changing Ottoman administrative policies to strengthen the central authority against the local powers

- Have knowledge of a new concept of reform in the Ottoman Empire in the example of Imperial Edict of Gülhane and Imperial Reform Edict

- Understand the effects of reforms on the Ottoman society, economy, and education policies

- Know the major changes in the foreign policy of the Ottoman Empire.