The term “Millet” refers to a “religious community” or to certain “people” in the Ottoman Turkish language. In the Ottoman Empire, it was used for organizing different religious communities with limited administrative power under a religious leader with authority over their co-religionists. The system allowed each community to regulate their own affairs under the supremacy of the Ottoman administration. Only the “religion of the books” (kitap ehli) were recognized as millet in the system; thus, originally there were Orthodox Christian and the Armenian millets, which later joined by the Jews and Catholic Armenians. Empire’s Muslim population (the Ummah) was not considered as part of the Millet system.

Considering the explanations above, we realize that ‘’The system allowed (not banned) each community to regulate their own affairs under the supremacy of the Ottoman administration.’’ the correct answer is C.