Editing Ottoman military reforms (section)

== Reforms of Mahmud II ==
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In 1808 [[Mustafa IV]] was replaced by [[Mahmud II]] with martial law of [[Alemdar Mustafa Pasha]] who restarted the reform efforts.  His first task was to ally with the Janissaries in order to break the power of the provincial governors.  He then turned on the Janissaries, massacring them in their barracks in Istanbul and the provincial capitals in 1826, which is known as the [[Auspicious Incident]]. The Sultan now set himself to replace the Janissaries by other regular troops. The [[Russo-Turkish War (1828–1829)|Russo-Turkish War of 1828–1829]] did not give him time to organize a new army, and the Sultan was forced to fight with these young and undisciplined recruits. The war was brought to a close by the disastrous [[Treaty of Adrianople (1829)|Treaty of Adrianople]]. While the reforms in question were mainly implemented to improve the military, the most notable development that arose out of these efforts was a series of schools teaching everything from math to medicine to train new officers.