How Europe impacted the empire

There were various reactions of the peoples of the Middle East to Western incursion. This brought change. Some people agreed with these changes, and some people disagreed. Most were not accepting the changes in the government. People like the citizens, the janissaries, and the government officials reformed; they thought those changes were unfair.

These changes were mostly in the tulip period in 1718.The period was given that name because tulips had become popular in Europe. Turkey was mimicking Europe. They wanted to be like them. Turkey was the primary source of tulips, and the flowers became popular among the elites in the Ottoman Empire. The empire was becoming westernized in the process. Ahmet the third was the sultan at the moment, and he too, loved tulips.

Sultan Ahmet send an ambassador named Mehmet to France to study Europe. He returned with new ideas. He said that France is beautiful and the Ottomans became attracted to Europe because of his comments. The elite became attracted to manners. They learned about the printing press. Muteferrika wrote a book and made 17 copies in a printing press. The books referred to the life in Europe and the elite read them. While some people were experimenting the tulip period, some were becoming too poor.