THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE: Its Rise, Decline and Collapse

3 Ottoman Empire Crisis Phase : Members of the Committee of Union and Progress led by Major Enver

The Ottoman Sultanate , also referred to as the Ottoman Empire, written in Turkish as

holy roman empire The Ottoman state based its authority on religion The first warrior-sultans expanded the empire in the name of Islam Sultans claimed the title of caliph, or

ottoman Origins of the Ottoman Empire Founded in Anatolia in the 13th century by a Turkic dynasty, the Ottoman Empire would come to conquer and rule