How Did The Ottoman Empire Stabilize Their Empire

The Ottoman Empire reached its top supremacy during the 16th century wherein its scope of power stretched to parts of Central and Southeastern Europe and to the desserts of the Middle East. The empire is known to have established a very strong, organized and effective form of government over its people with the Sultan holding the highest in power and was considered as the supreme ruler. The Sultan also ruled the lands and provinces of the empire and over its government officials and executed decisions regarding the political and its state being. But it wasn’t all that well at first because during the emergence of the Ottoman Empire, many Ottoman Sultans were uncertain. To be able to stabilize their empire, Ottoman Sultans created groups of
fervent fighters, which was were the orders of the Janissaries and were considered slaves of the state. For the Ottoman Empire, power and rank was not something that the population evaluated for one to be a leader, rather it was earned by individuals. With the downfall of Constantinople, Ottoman Sultans were able to secure its hold in power with the expansion of its territories and refining the bureaucracy. With this, the government was able to expand its power with keeping records of it people and collection of tax by having control of the Sultan over the religious, ethical, geographical diverse lands and the people. Also, because of the vigorous and expansionist regime of the Ottoman Empire, the governing class had the ability to respond to the various influences that were continuously manipulating the Ottoman society. The civil administration and military administration are the two focal dimensions of the state organization with the Sultan ruling over. The military aspect of the empire was important in the government hierarchy of the Ottomans. Because the empire was constantly growing in size, there became a need for administrative organization or the establishment of a provincial system to establish a separation of power within the higher officials executed by the military authorities. The Ottoman system also holds control over the clergy ministry. This was because the Ottomans used Islam as a way to control its people for the religion focused on an orderly community lifestyle. Appointed and trained by the state, the so-called kadis, imams and the faculty of medresse made sure to regulate and standardize Islam in pursuing the state’s goal of having justice, peace and collection of taxes.