CEVAP:

The Edict of Tanzimat was a statement of desire on behalf of the Sultan, promising four basic reforms (Zürcher, 2004, p. 51):
• The installation of guarantees for the life, honor and property of all Ottoman’s subjects
• A fair system of taxation and the abolition of tax farming (iltizam)
• A system of conscription for the military
• Equality before the law of all subjects, irrespective of religion