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Already in the 17th century the Ottoman Empire slowly started to decline. In the mid 19th century the Ottoman Empire was declining in power rapidly. They were facing increasing nationalism of the various peoples in the Empire and foreign threats as well. The Russians wanted the Bosporus and the Western European powers were threatening the Ottoman possesions in Africa. When WW1 started the Empire was about half the size of what it had been at been only half a century earlier.

How do we get the Ottomans to pull of a Meiji somewhere between 1850 and 1900? What could be an incentive for them to do that? What happens to them if they actually do pull of a succesful 'Meiji' during that time period?
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