Armenian reform package

Armenian reform package (1914) was an Ottoman Empire reform solution to appoint an inspector general over Armenian issues^[1]. The Ottoman Empire (1299–1923 ( Old Ottoman Turkish: دولتْ علیّه عثمانیّه Devlet-i Âliye-yi Osmâniyye, Late Ottoman and Modern Turkish Inspector general will be the highest position in the vilayets that Armenians live. This project was prepared by the A. Mandelstam (Dragoman, Russian Embassy in Istanbul), and Armenian representatives of Armenian national assembly. Armenian National Assembly was the governing body of the Armenian Millet established by Armenian National Constitution of 1863 under Ottoman The reform package was signed on February 1914 ^[1]. It was abolished on 16 December 1914.

The Balkan wars created an opportunity for revival of new design in order to improve the Ottoman Armenians. The Balkan Wars were two wars in South-eastern Europe in 1912–1913 in the course of which the Balkan League ( Bulgaria, Montenegro, Greece The French-Britain-Italy was anxious to limit the German influence, Russian government encouraged the Catholicos of Armenia to appeal through the viceroy of the caucuses to the imperial government (Ottoman Empire) for an intervention in favor of reforms in the vilayets that Armenians live. The Catholicos of All Armenians (plural Catholicoi, due to its Greek origin is the Chief Bishop of Armenia 's national church the Armenian The Imperial Government of the Ottoman Empire was the government structure added to the Ottoman governing structure during the Second Constitutional Era. This project was prepared by the A. Mandelstam (Dragoman, Russian Embassy in Istanbul), and Armenian representatives. It was introduced and discussed in Constantinople in the meeting of the ambassadors of French-Britain-Italy. The project suggested the formation of one province from six vilayets (Erzurum, Van, Bitlis, Diyarbakir, Kharput and Sivas) under either an Ottoman Christian or a European governor general. Governor general should be appointed by the powers for the next five years. Germany opposed the project and succeeded in pressuring to remodel it. The reform package was signed on February 1914, between Ottoman Empire and Russia. The package developed two provinces by these six vilayets and assigning European inspector general to overlook at the affairs^[1].

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c Kirakosian, J. S. , ed. Hayastane michazkayin divanakitut'yan ew sovetakan artakin kaghakakanut'yan pastateghterum, 1828-1923 (Armenia in the documents of international diplomacy and Soviet foreign policy, 1828-1923). Erevan, 1972. p. 149-358

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