In 1876, the Ottoman Empire promulgated a constitution, as the crowning accomplishment of the tanzimat reforms (1839-76), inspired by European methods of government and designed to bring the Empire back on level with the Western powers.
The Ottoman Empire promulgated a constitution. This was as the crowning accomplishment of the tanzimat reforms (1839-76), inspired by European methods of government and designed to bring the Empire back on level with the Western powers. This was in 1876.