Armed Forces and Units

Ottoman Army

Modern, Ottoman Empire

Citation Formats

General Reference

War and Military Atlas. "Ottoman Army." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://dev-military.interactiveatlas.org/armed-forces/ottoman-army.

APA Style

War and Military Atlas. (n.d.). Ottoman Army. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://dev-military.interactiveatlas.org/armed-forces/ottoman-army

BibTeX

@misc{warandmilitaryatlas-ottoman-army,
  author = {War and Military Atlas},
  title = {Ottoman Army},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://dev-military.interactiveatlas.org/armed-forces/ottoman-army},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

The Ottoman Army served the Ottoman Empire from its founding in 1299 to 1922. Sultan Mahmud II disbanded the corrupt Janissary corps in 1826 and rebuilt a European-modeled standing force, which fought as Britain and France's ally against Russia in the Crimean War of the 1850s.

Facts

Partially Attested

Founded Year

1826 1

The Ottoman military traces to the empire's founding in 1299, but the year given here marks the 1826 disbandment of the Janissary corps and the build-up of the modern European-style standing army that fought the Crimean War.

Force Type

standing army (reformed European-style force after 1826) 1

Country

Ottoman Empire 1

Cross-Tradition Connections