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Ottomanize, v.|ˈɒtəmənaɪz| [f. Ottoman a. and n.1 + -ize.] To make Ottoman or Turkish. So ˌOttomaniˈzation, the fact or process of enforcing Ottoman ideals or Ottomanism; ˈOttomanizing ppl. a.
1865Sat. Rev. 5 Aug. 177 Ottomans or Ottomanized functionaries. 1886Fortn. Rev. No. 239. 564 Not one of them made any permanent progress towards Ottomanizing his dominions. 1895Eclectic Mag. Oct. 564 To Ottomanize European Turkey. 1912Chambers's Jrnl. Dec. 817/2 If the Young Turks..had tried fraternisation instead of persisting in Ottomanisation, Turkey's credit would have risen immediately. 1920Glasgow Herald 17 Mar. 10 The inhabitants were anticipating enforced Ottomanisation when the Italian fleet arrived at Astypalea. Ibid. 15 July 4 His liberalism earned him the utter hatred of the ottomanising Committee of Union and Progress. 1936R. C. K. Ensor England, 1870–1914 xiii. 436 Turkey..had alienated the liberal Powers by reverting to policies of Ottomanization and massacre. Ibid. 463 They were united by the Ottomanizing policy of the Young Turks. 1972D. Dakin Unification of Greece xii. 178 The new policy was to ottomanise the empire, to abolish the nationalist organisations, and to disarm the warring factions. |