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Mahmud II
Mahmud's program remodeled Ottoman institutions along western European lines. Highest priority went to the creation of a more effective army. His government created a system of secondary education for boys to facilitate the transition from mosque schools, which provided most primary education, to newly established scientific, technical, and military academics.
Mahmud's reign also marked the first breakaway from the Ottoman Empire, with Greece gaining its independence following a rebellion that started in 1821.
Mahmud (20 July 1785 – 1 July 1839) was the 30th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1808 until his death in 1839. Mahmud II died of tuberculosis - some say murdered
KEVIN LEONG
Reigned 1789-1807
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Mahmud II had many achievements, but one notable achievement was when the Janissary corps was abolished in 1826, permitting the establishment of a modern Ottoman Army; Mahmud was also responsible for the subjugation of the Iraqi Mamluks in 1831 and the preparation of the Tanzimat reforms in 1839. The Tanzimat marked the beginning of modernization in Turkey
Built by the Imperial Naval Arsenal on the Golden Horn in Istanbul,
