🌍ap world history: modern review

Ottomanism

Written by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025
Verified for the 2027 exam
Verified for the 2027 examWritten by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025

Definition

An ideology promoting loyalty to the Ottoman Empire and its multi-ethnic state structure, representing an alternative approach to nationalism and imperial unity.

AP course connection

Topic 5.2: 5.2 Nationalism and Revolutions from 1750-1900

Unit 5

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