Editing Sublime Porte (section)

==Diplomacy==
"Sublime Porte" was used in the context of [[diplomacy]] by [[Western world|Western]] states, as their diplomats were received at the ''porte'' (meaning "gate"). During the [[Second Constitutional Era (Ottoman Empire)|Second Constitutional Era]] of the Empire after 1908 (see [[Young Turk Revolution]]), the functions of the classical [[Divan-ı Hümayun]] were replaced by the reformed [[Imperial Government of the Ottoman Empire|Imperial Government]], and "porte" came to refer to the [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Ottoman Empire)|Foreign Ministry]]. During this period, the office of the [[Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire|Grand Vizier]] came to refer to the equivalent to that of a [[prime minister]], and viziers became members of the Grand Vizier's [[Cabinet (government)|cabinet]] as [[Minister (government)|government ministers]].{{citation needed|date=July 2016}}