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Military conscription in the Ottoman Empire varied in the periods of:
- the Classical Army (1451–1606)
- the Reform Period (1826–1858)
- the Modern Army (1861–1922)
A complex set of rules applied, which involved:
- A poll-tax (in the very early times) named cizye, originally imposed on non-Muslims as a substitute for military service.
- An exemption tax, from 1855 the Bedl-i askeri, which applied to everyone and was theoretically a substitute for military service.
- Western-style conscription, closely linked to the introduction of a European-style army, the Modern Army (1861–1922), but not exactly coinciding with it.