The
military of the Ottoman Empire
(
Turkish
:
Osmanlı ?mparatorlu?u'nun silahlı kuvvetleri
) was the
armed forces
of the
Ottoman Empire
.
Army
[
edit
]
The
Military of the Ottoman Empire
can be divided in five main periods.
[
according to whom?
]
The foundation era covers the years between 1300 (Byzantine expedition) and 1453 (
Conquest of Constantinople
), the classical period covers the years between 1451 (second enthronement of Sultan
Mehmed II
) and 1606 (
Peace of Zsitvatorok
), the reformation period covers the years between 1606 and 1826 (
Vaka-i Hayriye
), the modernisation period covers the years between 1826
[
clarification needed
]
and 1858 and decline period covers the years between 1861 (enthronement of Sultan
Abdulaziz
) and 1918 (
Armistice of Mudros
).
[
citation needed
]
The Ottoman army is the forerunner of the
Turkish Armed Forces
.
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Foundation period (1300?1453)
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The earliest form of the Ottoman military was a steppe-nomadic cavalry force.
[7]
This was centralized by
Osman I
from
Turkoman
tribesmen inhabiting western
Anatolia
in the late 13th century.
These horsemen became an
irregular
force of raiders used as
shock troops
, armed with weapons like bows and spears. They were given fiefs called
timars
in the conquered lands, and were later called
timariots
. In addition they acquired wealth during campaigns.
Orhan
organized a standing army paid by salary rather than
looting
or fiefs. The infantry were called
yayas
and the cavalry was known as
musellem
s. The force was made up by foreign
mercenaries
for the most part, and only a few Turks were content to accept salaries in place of timars. Foreign mercenaries were not required to convert to
Islam
as long as they obeyed their Ottoman commanders.
[8]
The Ottomans began using guns in the late 14th century. Following that, other troop types began to appear, such as the regular
musketeers
(
Piyade Topcu
, literally "foot artillery"); regular cavalry armed with
firearms
(
Suvari Topcu Neferi
, literally "mounted artillery soldier"), similar to the later European
reiter
or
carabinier
; and bombardiers (
Humbaracı
), consisting of
grenadiers
who threw explosives called khımbara and the soldiers who served the artillery with maintenance and powder supplies.
The Ottoman Empire was the first of the three Islamic
Gunpowder Empires
, followed by
Safavid Persia
and
Mughal India
. By the 14th century, the Ottomans had adopted gunpowder
artillery
.
[9]
The adoption of the gunpowder weapons by the Ottomans was so rapid that they "preceded both their European and Middle Eastern adversaries in establishing centralized and permanent troops specialized in the manufacturing and handling of
firearms
."
But it was their use of artillery shocked their adversaries and impelled the other two Islamic Gunpowder Empires to accelerate their weapons program. The Ottomans had artillery at least by the reign of
Bayezid I
and used them in the sieges of Constantinople in 1399 and 1402. They finally proved their worth as siege engines in the successful
siege of Salonica
in 1430.
[11]
The Ottoman military's regularized use of firearms proceeded ahead of the pace of their European counterparts. The
Janissaries
had initially been an infantry bodyguard using bows and arrows. By the time of
Sultan Mehmed II
, they had been drilled with firearms and became "perhaps the first standing infantry force equipped with firearms in the world."
[11]
The Janissaries are thus considered the first modern standing armies.
[12]
[13]
The combination of artillery and
Janissary
firepower proved decisive at
Varna
in 1444 against a force of Crusaders, and later
Ba?kent
and
Chaldoran
against the
Aq Qoyunlu
and Safavids.
Classical Army (1451?1606)
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]
Ottoman Classical Army
was the military structure and the founding and main
army
established by
Mehmed II
, during his reorganization of the state and the military efforts. This is the major reorganization following
Orhan I
which organized a standing army paid by salary rather than
booty
or fiefs. This army was the force during
rise of the Ottoman Empire
. The organization was twofold, central (Kapu Kulu) and peripheral (Eyalet). The classical Ottoman army was the most disciplined and feared military force of its time, mainly due to its high level of organization, logistical capabilities and its elite troops. Following a century long reform efforts, this Army was forced to disbandment by Sultan
Mahmud II
on 15 June 1826 by what is known as
Auspicious Incident
. By the reign of Mahmud the second, the elite janissaries had become corrupt and always stood in the way of modernization efforts meaning they were more of a liability than an asset.
By the
siege of Constantinople
in 1453, the Ottomans had large enough
cannons
to batter the walls of the city, to the surprise of the defenders.
The
Dardanelles Gun
was designed and cast in bronze in 1464 by Munir Ali. The Dardanelles Gun was still present for duty more than 340 years later in 1807, when a
Royal Navy
force appeared and commenced the
Dardanelles Operation
. Turkish forces loaded the ancient relics with
propellant
and
projectiles
, then fired them at the British ships. The British squadron suffered 28 casualties from this bombardment.
[16]
The
musket
first appeared in the Ottoman Empire by 1465.
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Damascus steel
was later used in the production of firearms such as the musket from the 16th century.
[18]
At the
Battle of Mohacs
in 1526, the Janissaries equipped with 2000 muskets "formed nine consecutive rows and they fired their weapons row by row," in a "kneeling or standing position without the need for additional support or rest."
[19]
The Chinese later adopted the Ottoman kneeling position for firing.
In 1598, Chinese writer Zhao Shizhen described Turkish muskets as being superior to European muskets.
[21]
The
marching band
and
military band
both have their origins in the
Ottoman military band
, performed by the Janissary since the 16th century.
[22]
Head cook of a Janissary regiment
Reform on Classical Army (1606?1826)
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The main theme of this period is reforming the
Janissaries
. The Janissary corps were originally made up of enslaved young Christian boys, generally from the western Balkans, who were forced to convert to Islam
[23]
and were educated in military matters under the Ottoman Empire. During the 15th and 16th Centuries they became known as the most efficient and effective military unit in Europe.
[
citation needed
]
By 1570 born Muslims were accepted into the Janissaries corps and by the 17th century most would be born Muslims. According to Jason Goodwin in the 17th and 18th centuries most Janissaries were Muslim Albanians.
Aside from the Janissary infantry, there was also the Sipahi Cavalry. They were, however, different from the Janissaries in that they had both military and administrative duties. The Janissaries were tied strictly to being able to perform military duties at any time, however the Sipahi were treated differently primarily in that they got their income from the land that was given to them from the Sultan under the timariot system. Within these agricultural lands, the Sipahi were in charge of collecting the taxes which would serve as their salary. At the same time they were responsible for maintaining peace and order there. They were also expected to be able to serve in the military whenever the Sultan deemed their service necessary.
[24]
In 1621, the Chinese
Wu Pei Chih
described Ottoman muskets that used a
rack-and-pinion
mechanism, which was not known to have been used in any European or Chinese firearms at the time.
The Ottoman Empire made numerous efforts to recruit French experts for its modernization. The French officer and adventurer
Claude-Alexandre de Bonneval
(1675?1747) went in the service of Sultan
Mahmud I
, converted to
Islam
, and endeavoured to modernize the
Ottoman army
, creating cannon foundries, powder and musket factories and a military engineering school.
[26]
Another officer
Francois Baron de Tott
was involved in the
reform efforts for the Ottoman military
. He succeeded in having a new foundry built to make
howitzers
, and was instrumental in the creation of mobile artillery units. He built fortifications on the
Bosphorus
and started a naval science course that laid the foundation stone for the later
Turkish Naval Academy
.
[27]
He could only achieve limited success, however. Unfortunately it was almost impossible for him to divert soldiers from the regular army into the new units. The new ships and guns that made it into service were too few to have much of an influence on the Ottoman army and de Tott returned home.
When they had requested French help in 1795, young
Napoleon Bonaparte
was scheduled to be sent to Constantinople to help organize Ottoman artillery. He did not go, for just days before he was to embark for the Near East he proved himself useful to the Directory by putting down a Parisian mob at
13 Vendemiaire
and was kept in France.
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The supply of Ottoman forces operating in Moldavia and Wallachia was a major challenge that required well organized logistics. An army of 60,000 soldiers and 40,000 horses required a half-million kilograms of food per day. The Ottoman forces fared better than the Russians, but the expenses crippled both national treasuries. Supplies on both sides came using fixed prices, taxes, and confiscation.
[30]
Sultan
Selim III
in 1789 to 1807 set up the "
Nizam-i Cedid
" [new order] army to replace the inefficient and outmoded imperial army. The old system depended on
Janissaries
, who had largely lost their military effectiveness. Selim closely followed Western military forms. It would be expensive for a new army, so a new treasury ['Irad-i Cedid'] was established . The result was the Porte now had an efficient, European-trained army equipped with modern weapons. However it had fewer than 10,000 soldiers in an era when Western armies were ten to fifty times larger. Furthermore, the Sultan was upsetting the well-established traditional political powers. As a result, it was rarely used, apart from its use against Napoleon's expeditionary force at Gaza and Rosetta. The new army was dissolved by reactionary elements with the overthrow of Selim in 1807, but it became the model of the new Ottoman Army created later in the 19th century.
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Efforts for a new system (1826?1858)
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The main theme of this period is disbanding the Janissary, which happened in 1826, and changing the military culture. The major event is "Vaka-ı Hayriye" translated as
Auspicious Incident
. The military units formed were used in the
Crimean War
,
Russo-Turkish War (1877?1878)
, and
Greco-Turkish War (1897)
.
The failed efforts of a new system dates before 1826. Sultan Selim III formed the
Nizam-ı Cedid
army (Nizam-ı Cedid meaning New Order) in the late 18th century and early 19th century. This was the first serious attempt to transform the Ottoman military forces into a modern army. However, the Nizam-ı Cedid was short lived, dissolving after the abdication of Selim III in 1807.
Sultan Mahmud II, Selim III's successor and nephew, who was a great reformer, disbanded the Janissaries in 1826 with so-called known as "Vaka-ı Hayriye" (the auspicious incident).
The
Asakir-i Mansure-i Muhammediye
was established, as a contemporary modern army.
Egypt, as part of the empire, also underwent drastic military changes during
Muhammad Ali Pasha
's reign. The two largest military reforms were the effective practices of indoctrination and surveillance, which dramatically changed the way the military was both conducted by the leadership and also perceived by the rest of society. New military law codes resulted in isolation, extreme surveillance, and severe punishments to enforce obedience. The Pasha's goal was to create a high regard for the law and strict obedience stemming from sincere want. This shift from direct control by bodily punishment to indirect control through strict law enforcement aimed to make the soldiers' lives predictable, thus creating a more manageable military for the Pasha.
Modern Army (1861?1918)
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The main theme of this period is organizing and training the newly formed units. The change of French system to German system occurred as the German military mission was most effective during the period. The military units formed were used in the
Balkan Wars
and
World War I
.
The shift from Classical Army (1451?1606) took more than a century beginning from failed attempts of Selim III (1789) to a period of
Ottoman military reforms
(1826?1858) and finally Abdulhamid II. Abdulhamid II, as early as 1880 sought, and two years later secured, German assistance, which culminated in the appointment of Lt. Col. Kohler. However. Although the consensus that Abdulhamid favored the modernization of the Ottoman army and the professionalization of the officer corps was fairly general, it seems that he neglected the military during the last fifteen years of his reign, and he also cut down the military budget. The formation of Ottoman Modern Army was a slow process with ups and downs.
Communication (Telephone)
Navy
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The
Ottoman Navy
, also known as the
Ottoman Fleet
, was established in the early 14th century after the empire first expanded to reach the sea in 1323 by capturing
Karamursel
, the site of the first Ottoman naval shipyard and the nucleus of the future Navy. During its long existence, it was
involved in many conflicts
and signed a number of maritime treaties. At its height, the Navy
extended to the Indian Ocean
, sending an
expedition to Indonesia
in 1565.
For much of its history, the Navy was led by the position of the
Kapudan Pasha
(Grand Admiral; literally "Captain Pasha"). This position was abolished in 1867, when it was
replaced
by the Minister of the Navy (
Turkish
:
Bahriye Nazırı
) and a number of
Fleet Commanders
(
Turkish
:
Donanma Komutanları
).
After the demise of the Ottoman Empire, the Navy's tradition was continued under the
Turkish Naval Forces
of the
Republic of Turkey
in 1923.
Silhouettes of the warships of the Ottoman Navy, as projected for 1914
Naval Commissioned Officers (WW1)
Aviation
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The
Ottoman Aviation Squadrons
were military aviation units of the
Ottoman Army
and
Navy
.
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The history of Ottoman military aviation dates back to June 1909 or July 1911 depending if active duty assignment is accepted as the establishment. The organisation is sometimes referred to as the Ottoman Air Force. According to Edward J. Erickson, the very term Ottoman Air Force is a gross exaggeration and the term Osmanlı Hava Kuvvetleri (Ottoman Air Force) unfortunately is often repeated in contemporary Turkish sources.
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The fleet size reached its greatest in December 1916, when the Ottoman aviation squadrons had 90 airplanes. The Aviation Squadrons were reorganized as the "General Inspectorate of Air Forces" (
Kuva-yı Havaiye Mufetti?-i Umumili?i
) on 29 July 1918. With the signing of the
Armistice of Mudros
on 30 October 1918, the Ottoman military aviation effectively came to an end. At the time of the armistice, the Ottoman military aviation had around 100
pilots
; 17 land-based
airplane
companies
(4 planes each); and 3
seaplane
companies
(4 planes each); totalling 80 aircraft.
Personnel
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Recruitment
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In 1389 the Ottomans introduced a system of military conscription. In times of need every town,
quarter
, and village had the duty to present a fully equipped conscript at the recruiting office. The new force of irregular infantrymen, called
Azabs
, was used in a number of different ways. They supported the supplies to the front-line, they dug roads and built bridges. On rare occasions they were used as
cannon fodder
to slow down an enemy advance. A branch of the Azabs were the
bashi-bazouk
(ba?ıbozuk). These specialized in close combat and were sometimes mounted. Recruited from the homeless, vagrants and criminals, they became notorious for their undisciplined brutality.
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failed verification
]
Training
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Ottoman Military College
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The
Ottoman Military College
in Istanbul was the Ottoman Empire's two-year military staff college, which aimed to educate staff officers for the Ottoman Army.
Ottoman Military Academy
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Marshal Ahmed Fevzi Pasha together with Mehmed Namık Pasha formed the academy in 1834 as the Mekteb-i Harbiye (Ottoman Turkish: lit. "War School"), and the first class of officers graduated in 1841. This foundation occurred in the context of military reforms within the Ottoman Empire, which recognized the need for more educated officers to modernize its army. The need for a new military order was part of the reforms of Sultan
Mahmud II
(
r.
1808?1839
), continued by his son Sultan
Abdulmejid I
(
r.
1839?1861
).
After the demise of the Ottoman Empire the school renamed itself as
Turkish Military Academy
under the
Republic of Turkey
Imperial Naval Engineering School
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The origin of the Naval Academy goes back to 1773, when Sultan
Mustafa III
's Grand Vizier and Admiral
Cezayirli Gazi Hasan Pasha
founded a naval school under the name of "Naval Engineering at
Golden Horn
Naval Shipyard".
Francois Baron de Tott
, a French officer and advisor to the Ottoman military, was appointed for the establishment of a course to provide education on
plane geometry
and
navigation
. The course, attended also by civilian captains of the merchant marine, took place on board a
galleon
anchored at
Kasimpa?a
in Istanbul and lasted three months. The temporary course turned into a continuous education on land with the establishment of "Naval Mathematical College" in February 1776. With growing numbers of cadets, the college building at the naval shipyard was extended. On 22 October 1784 the college, renamed the "Imperial Naval Engineering School" (
Ottoman Turkish
:
Muhendishane-i Bahri-i Humayun
), started its three-year education courses in the new building. From 1795 on, the training was divided into navigation and
cartography
for
officers of the deck
, and
naval architecture
and
shipbuilding
for
naval engineers
. In 1838 the naval school moved into its new building in Kasımpa?a. With the beginning (1839) of the
reformation efforts
, the school was renamed "Naval School" (
Ottoman Turkish
:
Mekteb-i Bahriye
) and continued to operate in Kasımpa?a for 12 years. Then it was relocated in 1850 to Heybeliada for the last time. During the
Second Constitutional Era
, an upgraded education system was adapted in 1909 from the
Royal Naval Academy
.
After the demise of the Ottoman Empire the school renamed itself as
Naval Academy (Turkey)
under the
Republic of Turkey
Ranks
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Classic Army
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- Aghas
commanded the different branches of the military services, for example: "azap agha", "besli agha", "janissary agha", for the commanders of azaps, beslis, and janissaries, respectively. This designation was given to commanders of smaller military units, too, for instance the "boluk agha", and the "ocak agha", the commanders of a "boluk" (
company
) and an "ocak" (troop) respectively.
- Boluk-bashi
was a commander of a "boluk", equivalent to the rank of
captain
.
- Corbacı
(Turkish for "soup server") was a commander of an orta (regiment), approximately corresponding to the rank of
colonel
(
Turkish
:
Albay
) today. In seafaring, the term was in use for the boss of a ship's crew, a role similar to that of
boatswain
.
Modern army
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The system of ranks and insignia followed the patterns of the German Empire.
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citation needed
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Strength
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Ottoman Army Strength, 1299?1826
Year
|
Yaya & Musellem
|
Azab
|
Akıncı
|
Timarli Sipahi
|
(Total) Timarli Sipahi & Cebelu
|
Janissary
|
Kapikulu Sipahi
|
Other Kapikulu
|
(Total) Kapikulu
|
Fortress guards, Martalos and Navy
|
Sekban
|
Nizam-ı Cedid
|
Total Strength of Ottoman Army
|
1350
|
1,000 est.
|
1,000 est.
|
3,500 est.
|
200 est.
|
500 est.
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
6,000 est.
|
1389
|
4,000 est.
|
8,000 est.
|
10,000 est.
|
5,000 est.
|
10,000 est.
|
500 est.
|
250 est.
|
250 est.
|
1,000 est.
|
4,000 est.
|
?
|
?
|
37,000 est.
|
1402
|
8,000 est.
|
15,000 est.
|
10,000 est.
|
20,000 est.
|
40,000 est.
|
1,000 est.
|
500 est.
|
500 est.
|
2,000 est.
|
6,000 est.
|
?
|
?
|
81,000 est.
|
1453
|
8,000 est.
|
15,000 est.
|
10,000 est.
|
20,000 est.
|
40,000 est.
|
6,000
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|
2,000 est.
|
4,000 est.
|
12,000 est.
|
9,000 est.
|
?
|
?
|
94,000 est.
|
1528
|
8,180
[36]
|
20,000 est.
|
12,000
[36]
|
37,741
[36]
|
80,000 est.
|
12,000 est.
|
5,000 est.
|
7,000 est.
|
24,146
[36]
|
23,017
[36]
|
?
|
?
|
105,084?167,343 est.
|
1574
|
8,000 est.
|
20,000 est.
|
15,000 est.
|
40,000 est.
|
90,000 est.
|
13,599
[37]
|
5,957
[37]
|
9,619
[37]
|
29,175
[37]
|
30,000 est.
|
?
|
?
|
192,175 est.
|
1607/
1609
|
[1]
|
[2]
|
[3]
|
44,404 (1607)
[38]
50,000 est. (1609)
|
105,339 (1607)
[38]
137,000 (1609)
[39]
|
37,627 (1609)
[40]
|
20,869 (1609)
[37]
|
17,372 (1609)
[37]
|
75,868 (1609)
[37]
|
25,000 est.
|
10,000 est.
|
?
|
196,207?247,868 est.
|
1670
|
[1]
|
[2]
|
[3]
|
22,000 est.
|
50,000 est.
|
39,470
[37]
|
14,070
[37]
|
16,756
[37]
|
70,296
[37]
|
25,000 est.
|
10,000 est.
|
?
|
70,296?155,296 est.
|
1807
|
[1]
|
[2]
|
[3]
|
400 est.
|
1,000 est.
|
15,000 est.
|
500 est.
|
500 est.
|
16,000 est.
|
15,000 est.
|
10.000 est.
|
25,000
[41]
|
25,000?67,000 est.
|
1826
|
[1]
|
[2]
|
[3]
|
400 est.
|
1,000 est.
|
15,000 est.
|
500 est.
|
500 est.
|
16,000 est.
|
15,000 est.
|
15,000 est.
|
?
|
47,000 est.
|
Notes: [1]
[a]
|[2]|
[b]
|[3]
[c]
Awards and decorations
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]
The
Category:Military awards and decorations of the Ottoman Empire
collects the individual wards and decorations. The
Ottoman War Medal
, better known as the Gallipoli Star, was instituted by the Sultan Mehmed Reshad V on 1 March 1915 for gallantry in battle. The
Iftikhar Sanayi Medal
was first granted by Sultan Abdulhamid II.
Order of the Medjidie
was instituted in 1851 by Sultan Abdulmecid I. The
Order of Osmanieh
was created in January 1862 by Sultan Abdulaziz. This became the second highest order with the obsolescence of the
Ni?an-i Iftikhar
. The Order of Osmanieh ranks below the Ni?an-i Imtiyaz.
See also
[
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]
Notes
[
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]
- ^
(Yaya & Musellem) Yaya, light infantry, Musellem, light cavalry, over time they lost their original martial qualities and were employed only at such tasks as transportation or founding cannonballs. The organisation was totally abolished in 1582.
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- ^
(Azab) light infantry, during the last quarter of the 16th century, the Azabs disappeared from the Ottoman documentary record.
[43]
- ^
(Akıncı) light cavalry, the Akıncıs continued to serve until 1595 when after a major rout in Wallachia they were dissolved by Grand Vezir Koca Sinan Pa?a.
[44]
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