Redpill me on the Ottomans

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they did nothing wrong

Ottowoman > Ottoman

mudslime shitskin stepperoaches

nice food dudes. thanks for that.

Shit tier Empire. God tier food, music and military/navy.

what turkish food should I try to make? Never had any

Greek Turkish food is the best Turkish food. Gyros>Döner. Other than that, try Baklava, Lokma, Turkish delights, Börek, Turkish coffee.

It's somewhat impressive how powerful they were. All other great empires went on to become wealthy and advanced states in the present (minus those that caught a case of communism) while turkey is... well...

They got lucky asf because anytime they were threatened somebody made sure they stayed around, whether it was the Anglos or the Ruskies or the Germs. They were too stupid to industrialise and their architecture never developed away from middle east tier to the point where they shat up every single one of their territories.

>anytime they were threatened somebody made sure they stayed around
That describes literally any european state at the time. Balance of power and stuff. The ottomans were NEVER threatened before about 1800.
>They were too stupid to industrialise
And they were technologically behind the europeans most of the time in most areas, but had superior statecraft and military organisation for quite a while.

They were a force to recon with as a military power. But they came to the brink of extinction too many times. Their legacy in the countries they conquered also tells alot about how poor the development was.

EVET?

If it weren't for the french and the english the whole Middle East would be russian...

That shit is slow af. A couple hussars will annihilate its ass.

>The ottomans were NEVER threatened before about 1800.
The Ottomans were nearly completely wiped out by Timur in the 1300s

>All other great empires went on to become wealthy and advanced states

>sPAIN
>Iran

??? ???

Spain is objectively a wealthy country ranking in the top in terms of development. Have you ever been to Spain?
>Iran
Who?

Good janissaries, those bombards were awful to maneuver

>not defending them with Abus Gunners

>implying cavalry will move on its own
>implying cavalry will not be focused first on defending Abus
>implying no falconets/culverins to snipe Abus

Why didn't they ever try colonize the Americas?

The European navies would've crushed them outside the Mediterranean.