Assassination of Yusuf Yunani and Its Effects on Ottoman-English Relations

The non-Muslims with The Reforms in The Ottoman Empire received equal rights with the muslim citizens. In addition, some of the rights and privileges were granted to the nonMuslims. However, this stuation was reacted by the Muslims in the Ottoman Empire because non-Muslims began to act in accordance with policies of the States pursuing emperialist policies. In particular, the United Kingdom, which wanted to convert other christians to protestant ones began to operate in the Ottoman's territore. These activities were conducted among the Christian People of the Ottoman Empire via charity organizations. Naturally, this situation caused break-up between the muslims and non-muslims. In this study, we aim to study the response of muslims to these activities and the views of the Ottoman State based on the example of a case in Siirt.