| 1 | Ottoman-Western relations during the second half of the 19th century and the powerful countries? efforts to establish regions of profit upon the Ottoman lands |
| 2 | Comprehending the effects of the 1856 Reform Edict upon the country?s politics |
| 3 | Learning the political, economic, military and cultural events experienced from 1876 to the beginning of the World War I |
| 4 | Comprehending the judicial gains that constitutional developments in the Ottoman State brought to the Ottoman state and the society |
| 5 | Learning and analyzing the reasons underlying the disintegration of the Ottoman state and society at the end of the 19th century and the measures taken against it |