The Ottoman Empire ruled over the island of Crete in 1669 after twenty-five years of struggle. Later, it made possible for people to be completely free of religious and customary matters for the peaceful life of the Turkish and Greek people located on the island with special laws issued. After Greece gained its independence, the peaceful period ended in the island and rebellion incidents against the Ottoman administration started to be seen in Crete with the effects of the constant provocation of the Cretan Greeks, weakening administration of the Ottoman State, Russian provocations and the nationalist movement awakened by the French Revolution. In the face of these rioting events seen in certain periods, the Ottoman administration thought that it would suppress these events by giving some concessions to the Greek people and would prevent the European states from interfering here. One of these concessions is Halepa Ferman. Cretan Greeks had a free style of administration with the Halepa Ferman which entered into force on November 20, 1878. After a certain period of time, the Greeks, who were not satisfied with these privileges, rebelled again. The Ottoman State had to make new concessions in order to suppress these rebellion incidents that started in the island and reduce the ongoing pressures of the European states. These new concessions could not solve the problems and also they accelerated the connection of Crete to Greece.