An unbiased summary of the Ottoman Empire

From its beginnings as a small principality in Anatolia in the 1300s to its peak as a global superpower in the 1500s, the Ottoman Empire left an indelible mark on Turkey and on world history. However, there are still some misconceptions around regarding the origins of the Ottoman dynasty, its composition and goals as well as society in the Ottoman realm - especially here on KZbin.
In this video, we’ll explore the rise and fall of the Turkish Ottoman Empire, along with its religion, art, culture, trade, economy, and social structure in an accurate way, and try to understand how its influence is still visible today.
Let us dive into one of the most fascinating parts of Turkic history.
This is the Ottoman Empire in a nutshell, told from a Turkish perspective.
Research, Script and Production: Emre-E. Yavuz
Narration: Benny Silver
WEBSITE: bit.ly/KhansDen
GÖKTÜRK MOVIE 01: bit.ly/GokturkMovie1
GÖKTÜRK MOVIE 02: bit.ly/GokturkMovie2
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BOOK 1: amzn.to/3fwqmKR
BOOK 2: [Coming Soon]
PATREON: bit.ly/3BR6M3T
00:00-02:47 Origins
02:48-07:38 Conquest and Expansion
07:39- 11:15 Conquered peoples and Culture
11:16-13:21 Economy and Social Structure
13:22-16:10 Decline and a New Chapter

[@tolgacetin2799]

I am a Crimean Tatar and I enjoy states like Xiongnu, Huns, Göktürks etc. more because of how they kept their original way of life. That being said Ottomans might be the most well researched Turkic/Muslim state and yet I still find them to be incredibly underrated. They had Byzantine-Persian inspired administration, largely Turkic based army structure, diverse culture, incredibly beautiful art and architecture style. Ottomans were the culmination of a nomadic warrior peoples turning into essentially a Muslim version of the Roman Empire. It is an absolute favourite of mine. Cheers from Istanbul, Queen of all cities.

[@altaikentai4274]

Çok güzel bir tanımlama verdin.

[@physicspectrum16]

Tatar migrant in turkiye

[@evhesab4168]

I dont buy that Byzantine-Persian inspired administration thing.

[@4040tee]

Read about nizam ul mulk, and the siyasatnama

[@waltonsmith7210]

​@@evhesab4168They took over the Byzantine Empire. It makes perfect sense for a small number of nomads to use preexisting structuresm

[@dianahaugh7521]

I have been a student of history for many years. I was blown away when I watched mutesem yuzyil. Most of the achievements of the Devlet Aliye have been left out or misrepresented in Western History. What a beautiful language. I would love to see more dramas like Magnificent Century. With respect and greetings to the Turkish people from Pennsylvania

[@sadmanrahman4088]

You Can read a book named "History Of Ottoman Empire" by Dr. Ali Mohammad Sallabi. He is a true historian and a famous writer. This book is really good to know about Ottoman empire.

[@ilbilgehatun278]

Love from İstanbul.🙏❤️💐

[@cihanlost]

You should also watch arab series about ottoman empire. Tbey show it more different

[@KaraKral40]

Tarihi kazananlar yazar. Ve maalesef osmanlı tarihi zamanın kaybedenlerinin kazandığı dönemde geçmişten gelen öfkesinin gölgesinde yazıldı.

[@stevekook-xw3is]

As a Bulgarian I gotta hate the Ottomans but ngl the Magnificent century was cool to watch to some degree. Them harem affairs kinda annoying. Damn sad when Ibrahim Pasha got beheaded. When he met his brother and father at his home of birth damn it was emotional and couldnt help it but sympathise. Show full of fine ladies but him and Hatidje daim cool story. Funny when he brought statues that wouldn't be approved by Islam to his palace.

[@denistorres5638]

A história da Turquia é simplesmente incrível. Desejo o melhor aos Turcos, saudações do Brasil! 🎉

[@AKRITAS365]

The Ottomans was a barbaric ruthless blood thirsty Islamic savages who committed genocides,attrocities and expatriation every place they conquered. They were uncivilized subhuman savages without respect to human life and values. After 500 years of occupation and slavery in the balkans and Europe there is NOTHING positive to say! Bringing Europe back into the dark ages! Their subhuman Islamic culture of beliefs has no place in today's European democratic and Christian values. .

[@AAtaman]

Ok

[@yasinmeteyigit6043]

Those whose world is small cannot see the big world. How can someone who lives in small simple tribes in the Amazon forest explain the greatness of the State that rules the world?

[@ShortsHistory-yv3gz]

5000 years of Turkish history? you are an ignorant amazon native

[@BatuZzz]

@@yasinmeteyigit6043 What a racist idiot thinks, wow

[@emiliospowerballer1441]

This channel is going to suddenly blow up out of nowhere and end up having a million subscribers. Great work.

[@gtdcov]

Like a Shia mosque in predominantly Sunni area.

[@history_repeats8201]

We are still waiting for the explosion, unless overconsumption of legumes by the creator can change the facts

[@ceziredernegi]

Cyprus had become an Ottoman province in 1570-1, yet in the map of 1683 the Island is not shown as part of the Ottoman State.

[@KhansDen]

Good catch, mistake on my part.

[@ceziredernegi]

@@KhansDen canın sağolsun. Nice production 😉

[@ismailakviranl9174]

Just a catch, bravo. False informaton due to the laziness.

[@pyro_teamfartress2]

same for Azerbaijan and inner Africa

[@user-db3ps6po7i]

we will recover one day the sacred place of birth of Venus [ Cyprus ] to their rightful owners " The Helens".

[@sickturret3587]

the view of bursa you showed just bothered me (although it is accurate) only 20 years ago it was a city full of trees, not shitty buildings. i hate seeing it like it is now.

[@KhansDen]

I know and I agree with you. Istanbul is, of course, even worse.

[@sickturret3587]

@@KhansDen bro, istanbul is a death trap. and i'm not just talking about the expected earthquake either. people living there are not good for themselves and probably less good when the earthquake happens.

[@ranaakbulut2021]

​@@sickturret3587ive been living in istanbul all my life (although one might say its not that long, its all i know of) and recently people are just so unfriendly and full of hatred. theyre less expressive than a stone. its really sad to see my city turning into this mess.

[@rafikok6877]

Thank you for your impartial presentation.regards

[@keboonplumeria5266]

Your insights are simply breathtaking!

[@plowtown3036]

I’m waiting for the day where this channel gets the recognition it deserves

[@AKRITAS365]

Uncivilized barbaric savages DO NOT deserve respect!

[@MrGTAWalkthrough]

Very interesting as always

[@brendahay-beer8466]

I enjoyed this video. One of my favorites ✌️

[@oganerkinerkan8929]

finally, a very unpolorised version!! It shows history as what it is...

[@elify__]

Great video ❤️

[@amanwithasleepyhead4006]

Great video!

[@Ali-wd2nz]

great video

[@MeLDiL75]

Great video ❤

[@etwasadas613]

Great Video 👍

[@highevan]

"In the parlance of the epoch (early 19th century), all Muslims were referred to as "Turks", regardless of what their ethnicity would be considered today." Roderick Beaton, Greece: Biography of a Modern Nation, pp. 123

[@romanhama5377]

Even to the 21th century the Turks themself tried to force others to "become" Turks. Went so far as to call Kurds moutain turks, in a attempt to turkify us, because they basically robbed us of our country that was agreed and signed for in the treaty of sevres.

[@michaelcaine3097]

Your new intro is fantastic

[@kipfagan1814]

I read the perfectly crafted Ottoman Empire history paperback called, "Lords of the Horizon" by Jason Goodwin. Picked it up at the Anatolia Festival at the Orange County Fairgrounds in Newport Beach, CA. He's only written one other history book on Eastern European history but every SENTENCE is a creative tour de force that puts you surreptitiously into the Ottoman world.

[@papazataklaattiranimam]

Être fort comme un Turc (‘to be strong like a turk’): This expression originates in the 15th century when the Turks had a reputation for being strong, almost unbeatable warriors due to their numerous victories. At the time, the Ottoman Empire ruled large parts of south-east Europe, north Africa and western Asia. It is said that François I, King of France, was gifted Turkish armour by Suleiman the Magnificent (the tenth and most famous sultan of the Ottoman Empire) during their alliance. When he wore it, he is said to have exclaimed: “Here I am now, strong as a Turk!”.

[@Yusuflebg]

Tu vit en France ?

[@bpeper1365]

Francis the degenerate

[@a.s2205]

The only reason Ottomans and safavid called themselves Turk was to get Turks to fight wars for them. Lmao

[@tugrul3434]

​@@a.s2205So, don't you think the Turks founded the Safavids and the Ottomans?😂

[@a.s2205]

@@tugrul3434 nope. It's a simple rule, if you don't look like Timur, you ain't a Turk. People of Azerbaijan and Turkey are larping as Turks. Ottomans and seljuks only claimed to be Turks to get Turks to fight wars for them. Actually ataturk did the same and he ain't a Turk either.

[@neturevbuturev1626]

So good channel

[@Stephen-uz8dm]

Well done

[@AbdullahQecibegCH]

Nice video comrade

[@alblami5564]

Ne shpresojme ta shohim edhe nje here perandorine e lavdishme Osmane. Ajo eshte tradita jone. Syte tona jan drejt Turqise. 🇦🇱🇹🇷🇦🇱🇹🇷 Arnavutluk’tan selamlar 🇦🇱🇹🇷

[@ardian_g]

Mashallah mu ngjeth mishi 🇦🇱❤️🇹🇷☝🏼☪️🏴

[@gmfrunzik]

No we do not

[@albanianwolf316]

@@gmfrunzikyes we do, you can go to lgbt europe we dont want week people like you

[@BanDiLL]

Tradhetar ke lindur ti more pis

[@isiqershori9070]

Ju thjesht jeni mbetje turke e felliqur! Nuk I perket shqiperise , se pergjigjen e shqiptarve e ke kunder !

[@mehmetkavrar8274]

Great video 🧿🇹🇷 Thanks

[@OngunPtr]

An incredible video, very informative and objective.

[@hrodvitnir6725]

Kinda weird choice to use Lepanto to illustrate Ottoman naval suprimacy tbh

[@here_we_go_again2571]

Thx Khan's Den (subscribed) That was a very informative video. "Always expanding" That is the problem with all empires! Another issue is that the empire's rulers like to mix the different religious and ethnic groups tightly together in the same territory within the empire to avoid one group being able to have a cohesive influence within a section of the empire. When the empire falls apart the peoples who were forced to live side by side begin to fight with each other (the former Yugoslavia was a mess after the imperial USSR and Tito's regime fell) *Oh yes! Both Russia* (in all of its incarnations) *and China are empires!* The dominant group (ethnic Russians and Han Chinese, respectively) conquered other groups within the territories adjacent to the "heartland" and later, farther away and forced those people to summit to them; usually as second-class citizens, in some way or form (Despite claims of the Brotherhood of Workers Ethnic Russians and Han Chinese were/are the "First among equals"). As your video mentioned the Turks did the same to the Christians and Jews of the lands they conquered (As the Arabs had done before them) Also within the Ottoman empire the Turks were the elite (even among other Muslim groups they were the "First among equals")

[@kortopal505]

elinize sağlık ne eksik ne fazla tam yerinde bir video olmuş ❤❤❤

[@yassinx6539]

We were allies 🇲🇦🇹🇷

[@Tekno-Manyak]

As a Turk, I don't like the Ottoman Dynasty that mistreated many nations, including Turks, but I respect the Ottoman State. The Ottomans are not only our history, but also the history of many states, and they have managed to keep many nations living together for hundreds of years.

[@adrva345]

I think the ottomans treated minorities far better than the Turkish republic. Most Kurds, Arabs, Armenians... in Turkey can't even speak their own language anymore and have to hide their ethnic background because of racism. I see that the republic did that in order to prevent another independence movement from happening but they were far too aggressive and cruel (as nationalists usually are). For a time they even banned non-Turkish names or music in their native languages. But objectively it's in fact better to create a united identity based on common values and language. This makes the country more stable and the citizens stop arguing about unimportant things such as ethnic backgrounds. But natural integration is better than forced assimilation

[@yusufziyayildiz3875]

Absolutly OTTOMANS was better then turkiye definilty

[@cynical-_-guy1086]

Ugh that's a biased opinion of urs or u r very little knowledgeable about Ottomans they treated other nations and minorities far better then those of their neighbours.. even today for example Arabs can't even speak their language in turkey..

[@barelyalive4527]

@@cynical-_-guy1086 they can

[@PIXELGamerzXvlogs]

@@adrva345it’s only good if you want to create a singular identity, if you’re happy with assimilating and destroying Kurdish identity in the process then the result is cultural genocide.

[@sufianansari4923]

12:28 last time I saw that diagram , I was a student writing a thesis about Ottoman empires's influence on the modern day city of Damascus, the oldest continually inhabited city in the world (or one of the oldest at least)

[@XereNak]

I LOVE your channel. Where can I get the soundtrack for this video please ? It's hard to find ambient electronic music that does "oriental music" well.

[@SuperGucker]

perfekt erklärt👌❤

[@highevan]

"By the seventeenth century, literate circles in Istanbul would not call themselves Turks, and often, in phrases such as 'senseless Turks', used the word as a term of abuse." Imber, Colin (2009). The Ottoman Empire, 1300-1650: The Structure of Power (2 ed.). New York: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 3.

[@hasanyilmaz8411]

You cannot make propaganda to simplify a nation that has established 16 empires with a section taken from a famous historian's book. The article you took refuge in has nothing to do with reality.

[@jamesmurphy9426]

In all honesty Ottomans biggest mistake not taking control of the Mediterranean Sea Instead of large armies crawling up the Balkans to size Vienna Should have focused on the navy

[@AnqeLo99]

biggest mistake is not colonize america or oceania - india if they have navy actualy they maybe can do that they already have vassal state in oceania

[@mn7486]

The Ottomans in general were not able to take control of the Mediterranean sea as they were never sea people. Their roots are from the depths of the Mongolian steppes, far away from any coastal areas and they had never seen the sea before, they lacked any understanding of the sea and what it means to have seamanship. It was always a foreign concept to them and not in their dna, unlike the indigenous people of the Mediterranean.

[@jamesmurphy9426]

@@mn7486 They could have used experienced people's who inhabitant their empire and learned new skills

[@mn7486]

@@jamesmurphy9426 They actually did, all the Ottoman naval generals were non-Turkish, but you can’t go far this way.

[@class1sportzers337]

@@mn7486 the Ottoman navy, like it's army, was very formidable and quite feared among Europe. The fact that many nations had to form alliances just to defeat them just like in Lepanto. It held on to the mediterranean sea for almost 2 centuries. No one remains on top forever. They eventually went in a phase of decline in the 18th century.

[@Prince_de_Iran]

Greetings to all from azerbaijan turks

[@Adeseder]

Diğer milletler için çok faydalı bir tarih videosu olmuş, tebrikler. Fakat birkaç hata var. Video da bahsi geçen bazı antlaşmalar yanlış telaffuz edilmiş. "Lisbon" değil, "Lozan" - "Samarra" değil, "Sevr". Yine de iyi bir video olmuş

[@Adeseder]

@@uzaykaradag altyazılar bir tık problemli o zaman.

[@Topoftheworld35195]

hacım kaliteli ama çok yüzeysel olmuş ellerine sağlık yapay zeka mı kullandın pp templatede

[@ElenaKamesh76]

Hello from Kazakhstan, would you study about Tartaria empire, central asian that lasted till 19 century, i watched it from channel like yours showed real maps from Vatican&Europe, guy knew Latin. Hope you can find information about it, mostly hidden.

[@KhansDen]

Hello Elena, and thank you for your comment. Indeed, Tatar history does interest me. However you are correct in your asessment that a lot of history is being "hidden". Then again, it's easier to get information then ever before. Therefore, both you and me can find valuable information regardless whether we studied or not. As for me, I studied history. Would like to know more about your thoughts.

[@Oera-B]

"Hidden", yeah... I've read an article saying much the same thing. More than just proof, it lacked the basics: a reason WHY.

[@kaamranmohammad1584]

The chart @13:25 will tell you what initiated their departure.

[@alexvig2369]

This video isn't bad, but it's also *very* shallow. No speak of how at some point the wazirs (ministers) effectively took over the administration of the empire and made the sultan a figurehead. Also, during the decline of the empire had a lot of interesting nuance.

[@adityavk-iw7pb]

@9: 46, it was actually called Konstantinyye for the longest time. It was named Istanbul only in the 1920's

[@temasek65]

KUSLARLA YOLCULUK (Journey with the birds 🦅) is a remarkable Turkish film!

[@eroktartonga4032]

Ellerinize sağlık. Takip etmeyi sürdürüyoruz. Sağlıcakla kalın.

[@gyzlug]

2 points to improve from what I can see in the video: 1) Galata Tower was not built by the Ottomans, but I believe by the Venicians as the Ottoman Turks did not conquer Istanbul (Konstantinople) until 1453. 2) The list of Ottoman Sultan wives is innacurate I believe, for example it shows Hürrem Sultan as Selim II wife, where as she was Sultan Suleyman's wife and Selim II's mother and she was not "Yahudi" (jewish), but Slavic Christian. Great work overall however, keep it up! :)

[@emre05x]

Galata Tower was built by Genoans

[@sallycoop935]

What is the meaning of the name; is it in latin or Italian;

[@burakalbayrak7835]

Galata tower built by genoese, there was a walled genoese colony in the area, ottomans destroyed the walls of the colony but kept the tower, you can still see the doria family arma on the tower. Name galata comes from celtic people named galatians, they camped on the hill during their migration and the hill is named after them. Same hill gave the name of football club galatasaray.

[@sallycoop935]

Impressive @@burakalbayrak7835

[@fyilmaztr]

True 👍

[@yorib.4014]

Age of empires 2 music in the background :))

[@vangelisskia214]

"The early Ottoman society was complex and included members of numerous religions and ethnicities. In short, it was a multi-ethnic and multi-religious empire ruled by the Ottoman dynasty from circa 1300 until its demise in World War - I ". Encyclopaedia of the Ottoman Empire, Gabor Agoston and Bruce Masters . Edition : 2009 page - XXV , XXVi

[@ganicsenad5992]

City in 4:16 is not Romania. It is city of Novi Pazar in Serbia.

[@IFAMILYIH]

DO A VIDEO ABOUT OSMAN GAZI

[@abccdef5805]

2:48 as a Turk l should say that, ottoman empire wasn't found in 1299 about historian Halil İnalcık's investigations ottoman empire was found in 1302 Whit battle of bapheus( koyunhisar)

[@IwanTimmermans]

At 10:11 you see the Camlica mosque, which was finished in 2019. Not the Süleymaniye mosque 😉

[@balalrahim474]

Hey man, fyi. just as constructive criticism. The mosque you show in 10:14 as sulemeymaniye mosque is incorrect. What you are showing is actually the Camlica Mosque that was recently built. Notice the 6 minarets. Only two mosques in Istanbul have that. Sultan Ahmet mosque and Camlica. Suleymaniye has 4 minarets and is surrounded by greenery and walkways. Rather than Camlica which is surrounded by a motorway.

[@hugobarrett63]

15:30 it's Mehmed VI, not Mehmed V.

[@bestintheworld4850]

I’ts ironic that their conquest of Constinople doomed them, as it forced the europeans the scout the western seas for other ways to trade with India and China and they ended up discovering the Americas and like 400 years later they were so much more rich and advanced than the ottomans, that could easly conquer them.

[@timur-i-lenk5526]

Not ironic at all, just God's finger into the rotten pie of history. 1922: the year of retribution.

[@hamsolo5320]

Damn, Americans are so self centered and egotistical. So weird to compare military with a 400 years difference. Americans are really despicable.

[@stevekook-xw3is]

Weird to point it out that way. That conquest made them more important than they could be without it. They can't have that city be free from their rule when it's between Europe and Asia. It's splitting their empire in 2 and it could be convenient staging point for separating their Balkan and Anatolian territories.

[@mertnecati875]

Irrelevant. Nothing was split. Ottoman Empire was anyways centered in Balkans and West Anatolia. First capital was Bursa- and then Edirne and then Constantinople. First one was near border of Romans- second one was in Thrace and third one you know. Turks conquered Serbia some 300 years before they captured Egypt. Let's not forget that. And owning İstanbul was still a massive thing- it even still is today. Turkiye is the only country can open up a corridor in Russian-Ukranian War to let wheat pass from straits. Greece and Bulgaria are even planning to open a channel as an alternative trade route against Bosphorus and we are in year 2023.@@stevekook-xw3is

[@ProtomanButCallMeBlues]

@@timur-i-lenk5526 A lot of people point out that the Spanish and Portuguese Empires themselves were products of muslims power. The biggest irony of course being that The Spanish started to forcibly convert non-Christians, and would turn mosques into Churches from being radicalized with their wars against the Moors/Berbers after they had displaced the Arabs. I do think it is a cycle in a way. The Arabs mistreat their Moorshi/Berber subjects who rebel, who in turn mistreat their Christian subjects who swear a zealous holy war against them.

[@papazataklaattiranimam]

Later in the Middle Ages the Turks arrived , those great warriors and conquerors . The Byzantines lost Asia Minor to them and were unable to prevent them from crossing to Europe . The Ottoman Turks conquered the entire Balkan region to the Danube and even beyond , crowning their successes with the capture of Constantinople in 1453 , an event that stunned the western world . They occupied most of Hungary ; Vienna was under threat . Where would they stop ? The Christian world , both western and Byzantine , had certainly every reason to fear Islam .

[@timur-i-lenk5526]

The Holy League, Jan Sobieski, Eugene of Savoy stopped them for good. Güle güle.

[@logic7742]

The ancient Christian world of Damascus, Alexandria, Jerusalem, Antakya had already fallen to the Arab Muslims. Then Constantinople to the Turks. Rome is the last city left

[@MP-wi4dx]

what is your point

[@cengizhandemirbas8641]

one caveat, Byzantines invited Ottomans to cross to Europe during a civil war, a mistake that proved to be fatal in the future

[@jami1972]

Ottoman rule was devastating for Hungary. Loss of population, destroy all the forests along the Danube, etc...that the country could never recovered and led to the loss of territories after WWI. BTW excellent, how Turcs could fight back after the WWI insane Treaty.

[@smyrnianlink]

About the "kidnapped boys" story here and there.. The number of Janissaries change from 1000 to 60000 depending on era.. Lets assume a trained Janissary can service for 30 years, you would need 33 to 2000 new boys each year to keep that number.. Now look at the size of the empire. Your chances of getting into Princeton or Stanford are much much higher than that of a little boy's chance of entering the Janissary.. Only the best could get there. And those that could (aside from being muslim and saved from hell) had a chance to rise to ranks they could not have imagined. Not only a soldier but they could be an architect, a scholar, a doctor, a captain. They could actually become the grand visir and actively rule a serious share of the civilized world. They could have a house by the Bosphorus. Instead of catching tuberculosis in a dark forgotten village in mid-europe...

[@timur-i-lenk5526]

Catching plague in rat-ridden Payitaht (a common occurrence well into the 19th century; actually until the 1840s, when Western-style sewage facilities were implemented) was hardly an advantage. "Aside from being muslim and saved from hell": how far Islamic brainwashing can reach? Neither Jews nor Christians do believe to be automatically entitled to salvation. Stay away from Islam, you wannabe historian. And remember the time-honoured saying: “In Constantinople fire devours your goods, plague takes your wife, and whores your wit”. "Civilized world", oh yeah

[@samirhyseini7990]

Most of Janiqar was in reality Otoman kids outside of marige…We all know how much Otomans love womens and Sultan have call this military departement ” Sons of Sultan” just cos most of them was kids of best Otoman warios outside marige with Christian womens…the 2% of Janiqar departement was kids of lokal Christians royalty as Garancy for loyalty to Sultan. The Otoman Impery have bring social joystiy and lows to all teritory that thay have win in wars. During 500-600 years thay was bigest light for humanity and social peace on 3 Continents. Sultanat have protekt all religions and insure that Ortodox Churche survive Watikans ambitions to destroyed it. Without Otomans Impery Europé should be in Darknes of Christian Despots that was constantly fighting with eachelor. Turkish army have bring peace in all teritory that become part of Impery. That was most socialistik and humanistisk state of that times.

[@impartialobserver4345]

@@samirhyseini7990 Your knowledge of history is a perfect match to your English. Did you earn a degree on TikTok or on some Bullywood series such as Muhteşem Yüzyıl? Bir siktir git, palavra sıkıyorsun.

[@Monaghan3000]

The other view is that they were forcibly and traumatically abducted (kidnapped) from their families, abused without exception... so that many died as boys, forbidden from the normal developments of life, groomed to betray their religion, and turned into a soldiers that would betray their blood... murder, oppress and intimidate their own countrymen. It is a story of corrupting the innocence of little Christian boy by means of the cruelest duress and worldly enticements. And then, there is of course how they are remembered as the most devilish of traitors by the Christians who used to live under the cruelty of the Turks. Finally, there is the view of the parents, whose children were stolen against their wills... and turned into traitors who would return to oppress and destroy everything holy and good which they held dear. You can paint it however you like, but once you put the shoe on the other foot, imagine it. Imagine a Christian empire that went around kidnapping Muslim boys, forcing them into military servitude, twisting them through cruelty and enticements to conform to the wishes of their masters... unleashed on the Muslim world to pillage, rape, murder Muslims, and menace their lives, sieging their cities and burning their mosques..

[@kipfagan1814]

Thank you, it's nice to see someone who knows a thing or two.

[@williamdarocha5383]

Olá, sou do Brasil, mas estudo história dos povos antigos, qual seria a etnia dos antigos gokturks? Seriam mongoloide ou caucasoide? Obrigado

[@bayxman2]

türk

[@williamdarocha5383]

​@@anttwo entendi, são um povo heterogêneo, com caucasiano e mongoloide, é um povo muito fascinante, sou latino sim, mas diferente dos da Europa, somos ainda mais mestiços apesar da minha descendência da península ibérica. Obrigado amigo

[@meralkeskin8511]

%40 mongoloid(saka tribe) %50.60 caucasian.. 😂 Seljuky was % 40_50 mongoloid.. Gökturk mixed with caucasian..

[@hamsolo5320]

​@@meralkeskin8511More like 70-80% mongoloid, 20-30% Caucasian.

[@Factsspeakinguser]

Actually non of them two. It’s opposite, Mongolia are like relatives to the Turkic ethnicity but aren’t straight Turks. Some claim they have their own ethnic origin then they have nothing to do with Turks. They lived in Central Asia (Turkistan) in the same region and in west Mongolia in the todays borders Turks lived there. There are even Turkic cultural stone writings with Göktürk letters. I would recommend you to do a research on these then it will enlighten you for sure. Turks established also before Göktürk other states such as Hun empire, which was the first from the modern antic Turks. Before that times and centuries the folks on every region and world lived in small villages and didn’t had technological knowledge and the population to form states as we know in the ancient time.

[@calikefecan]

3:56 Here, you have made the same mistake that everyone else makes when talking about the Ottoman Empire. The surface area of ​​the Ottoman Empire was not 5.2 million km², but approximately (taking into account that the borders were constantly changing) between 13 million km² and 19 million km².

[@ugurgul4358]

It is not km square, it is milesquare...

[@tengiz]

awesome

[@hashir4871]

A question sir....Was babur a turkic or mongolic ruler?

[@ExposingHindutva101]

Mongol

[@TheAgileEagle.]

He was a Turkic ruler and also you can google it Babur and Suleiman's letters.

[@charlesbulut9748]

Just a small contribution. It’s widely wrong knows things about Janissary. Janissary part of the army was total of 12.000 strong at most its peak time ( mostly lover numbers ). A lot of Empires commanders, governors, sultans circle , even grand vazier ( sultans right hand ) came out from these people. A lot of families willingly give their kids to this education system to become important soldier or politician. And they never take a kid from family who has one kid. It has to be least 3 or more. Yea it can look still a bit harsh, but looking at that era and time, it was very normal and even Roman’s had the same concept.

[@turtlebeach3116]

What is your nationality religion motive ? Tell me about you and your way of thinking and principles please

[@josephwelchert2869]

I think it is truly eye opening that the less Turkish the ottoman empire became, the weaker it got.

[@youknow8653]

Are you turkish

[@muptanyesiloglu8700]

Thats what Ataturk thought.

[@AdamRecap]

​@@muptanyesiloglu8700Atatürk made it more weak by making it secular

[@fabiotuggy3340]

@@AdamRecapyou know not what you say. Go back to England, Arabia, or wherever you are from.

[@zmba6924]

​@@AdamRecap I'm having trouble understanding how that works lol. Secularism doesn't make a country weaker. If that were the case, the Taliban's Afghanistan would be a superpower by now, instead of the secular United States.

[@oghuzkhan5117]

nice video like like like

[@karetsin265]

Funfact: The most popular turkish youtuber currently (Enes Batur) has an considirable ammount of spanish dna which he revealed in a video along with other popular turkish youtubers. So we might not have had him if it wasn't for Beyazid II letting the exiled muslims of spain immigrate to the Ottoman Empire.

[@chueyfromthaeast2395]

Im a Crimean Tatar My Family fled from the Ussr in the Old Ottoman Empire

[@envadd.6556]

They went west as far as Bosnia and some parts of Croatia, 60 + years after conquering Serbia

[@DoofyGilmore1299]

Ottomans come to borders of modern slovenia as far as I know

[@Engaslan11]

31 detayı gümletti :D harika belgesel

[@misaamone]

FINALLY a perspective from someone who is Turkish and eligible to tell ottoman's history instead of some islamophobes.

[@user-mq2er7vz9g]

So, you don't have a problem if a Christian state rakes your child by force, then converts him to Christianity and then makes him fight against other muslim countries right?

[@miloshp7399]

More authentic name would be Osman empire. Osmali Devleti was another endonym. "Ottoman" is probably western understanding of arabic pronounciation Ahtman, for Osman. Europeans often called Osman Empire also simply as the Turks/Turkey in middle ages and premodern times. I'm from Balkans and we use the term Osmanliye or Turks.

[@HatredForMankind]

They used "Devlet-i Aliyye" officially. Rarely called the official name as "Osmanlı".

[@kazimir14]

@3:50 Not 5.2 mi² but 5.2 km², 5.2 mi² is more than the area of Canada...

[@vangelisskia214]

"It is important to note, however, that the Ottoman state recognised no official differentiation by language or ethnicity among its Muslim citizens: the modem notion of being a "Turk" was until the end of the nineteenth century alien to the Ottoman elites, who regarded themselves as "Ottomans" rather than "Turkish." In fact the term "Turk" had the connotation of being an uneducated peasant." Poulton, Hugh (2000). "The Muslim experience in the Balkan states, 1919‐1991." Nationalities Papers. 28. (1): 47-48.

[@GG99999]

yet, the European states called the Ottoman Empire as the Turkish Empire (Turcicum Imperium)

[@mertnecati875]

Last sentence is too far fetched. We only have 2-3 poems written in palace calling nomad Turkmens refuse to pay tax as uneducated peasants. Nobody was particularly disturbed of being called as Turk- Ottoman translators- (dragoman) and officials signed each paper they wrote in Latin as ''Murat Beg- Dragoman of Suleiman- the sultan of Turkish Empire''. Ottomans knew who they were clearly- as a massive empire they just didn't set up the things upon ethnicity. No empire did that. No state even thought of establishing a country based on ethnicity until 19th century. Greeks called themselves Roman for centuries and using the humilitation term ''greek'' for themselves are strangely interested in this topic a lot.

[@vangelisskia214]

@@mertnecati875 "By the seventeenth century, literate circles in Istanbul would not call themselves Turks, and often, in phrases such as 'senseless Turks', used the word as a term of abuse." Imber, Colin (2009). The Ottoman Empire, 1300-1650: The Structure of Power (2 ed.). New York: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 3.

[@vangelisskia214]

@@mertnecati875 "There was the ruling Ottoman group, now largely concentrated in the bureaucracy centered on the Sublime Porte, and the mass of the people, mostly peasants. The efendi looked down on "the Turk," which was a term of opprobrium indicating boorishness, and preferred to think of himself as an Osmanli. His country was not Turkey, but the Ottoman State." Davison, Roderic H. (31 December 1964). Reform in the Ottoman Empire, 1856-1876.

[@vangelisskia214]

@@mertnecati875 The term Romaios (or Romios or Rum) has been a SYNONYM of the term Greek since the end of late antiquity... The two cases are obviously not the same... In the "Souda" Lexicon written (10th century) Graikos=Hellene and also Graikos=Romaios [Graikoi (plural) =Hellenes (plural) (Γραικοί : Οι Έλληνες. Εκ του Γραίξ, Γραικός.) and Raikos=Rhomaios (Ῥαικός : Ρωμαίος)] In the "Zonaras" Lexicon (12th century) Romaios=Graikos=Hellene. [Graikoi (plural) = Hellenes (plural) (Γραικοί. οἱ Ελληνες. ἀπὸ κώμης τινός. παρὰ τὸ ῥαῖσαι ῥαικὸς καὶ γραικός. καὶ γὰρ διὰ τὴν πολλὴν ἀνδρείαν οἱ Ελληνες ουτως ἐκαλοῦντο.) and Raikos=Rhomaios=Graikos (Ραικός. ὁ ̔Ρωμαῖος. ̓Επίχαρμος· φιλεῖ ειναι γραικὸς, ἀποβολῇ τοῦ ˉγ ῥαικός.)] "After the Empire lost non-Greek speaking territories IN THE 7th AND 8th CENTURIES, "Greek" (Ἕλλην), when not used to signify "pagan", became synonymous with "Roman" (Ῥωμαῖος) and "Christian" (Χριστιανός) to mean a Christian Greek citizen of the [Eastern] Roman Empire." "Roman, GREEK (if not used in its sense of 'pagan') and Christian became SYNONYMOUS terms, counter-posed to 'foreigner', 'barbarian', 'infidel'. The citizens of the Empire, now predominantly of GREEK ethnicity and language, were often called simply ό χριστώνυμος λαός 'the people who bear Christ's name'." Harrison, Thomas (2002). Greeks and Barbarians. New York: Routledge., p. 268

[@KAZSANable]

❤

[@buminkaandemirbas2729]

From whic perspective were you looking?

[@ImSoMagic]

Good video, but I was expecting more of the "Turkish Perspective". I remained unsatisfied, I knew almost everything that was said.

[@KhansDen]

We gotta take one step at a time.

[@SpartanLeonidas1821]

@@KhansDenone step at a time to spread propaganda eh? 🤡🦃🤡

[@highevan]

"The scholarly community specializing in Ottoman studies has of late virtually banned the use of "Turkey", "Turks", and "Turkish" from acceptable vocabulary, declaring "Ottoman" and its expanded use mandatory and permitting its "Turkish" rival only in linguistic and philological contexts." Soucek, Svat (2015). Ottoman Maritime Wars, 1416-1700. Istanbul: The Isis Press. p. 8.

[@ShortsHistory-yv3gz]

In Ottoman Turkish, only the alphabet has changed. No Arab can read Ottoman Turkish because it is a Turkish language. The current alphabet is Latin, but the language is Turkish. same thing

[@highevan]

@@ShortsHistory-yv3gz "The early Ottoman society was complex and included members of numerous religions and ethnicities. In short, it was a multi-ethnic and multi-religious empire ruled by the Ottoman dynasty from circa 1300 until its demise in World War - I ". Encyclopaedia of the Ottoman Empire, Gabor Agoston and Bruce Masters . Edition : 2009 page - XXV , XXVi

[@highevan]

@@ShortsHistory-yv3gz "By the seventeenth century, literate circles in Istanbul would not call themselves Turks, and often, in phrases such as 'senseless Turks', used the word as a term of abuse." Imber, Colin (2009). The Ottoman Empire, 1300-1650: The Structure of Power (2 ed.). New York: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 3.

[@highevan]

@@ShortsHistory-yv3gz "In the parlance of the epoch (early 19th century), all Muslims were referred to as "Turks", regardless of what their ethnicity would be considered today." Roderick Beaton, Greece: Biography of a Modern Nation, pp. 123

[@birdost5781]

Hadi canım hadi, git kendini başka bir yerde tatmin et ruh hastası.

[@cistamakedonija8210]

I am ethnically Macedonian but many of my distant family were forced to be Janissaries. They were all well above 6ft tall and well built. This history was passed down to me by my great grandfather.

[@junyjunaid360]

What’s your country now?

[@SpartanLeonidas1821]

bolgars were tork too! 👍🏻

[@juventinos81]

ethnically macedonian doesnt exist...

[@SpartanLeonidas1821]

@@juventinos81 Facts! 👍🏻

[@matthew7027]

@@SpartanLeonidas1821 lmao the name askldhdjsfkgl

I am not aware of any historical piece that has been written with pure objectivity. All of history has to be biased, this is the nature of history and its most important aspect. If you wanna learn more about Ottman Empire, your primary source would be Ottoman Turkish sources. After you consume most of the information, you can enrich your understanding with other sources as well. Eurocentric history to evaluate other civilizations serve only to distance East and West.

[@KatariaGujjar]

Westerners always mention Jizya as some discriminatory tax for non-Muslims while totally ignorant of the Zakat tax that's levied *only* on Muslims. Jizya also exempted non-Muslims from mandatory conscription levies, while the Zakat did not exempt Muslims from the same. So who is really being discriminated?

[@KhansDen]

If you looked up for one second who made this video and channel, you might want to revisit and edit your comment about "westerners" mentioning anything.

[@user-lx1ez6tf9r]

Unfortunately many people blame all Muslims people for the actions of fews and try to make it look like these things only happen in islam kingdoms and countries but the truth will some Muslims rulers were intolerant others were known for tolerance such as the ottomans when the jews were exiled from Spain they found home in the ottoman empire late many the protestnt Christians also fled there to escape the wrath of the cathlic church , even before islam showed up signs of Christians violence and intolerance were starting to show

[@aliatack19]

10:11 that's not Suleymaniye Mosque

[@leagueoflezhe7167]

What about the 1440s in Albania?

[@patrickrea3847]

Got the same atitude today

[@kurdikanlinasir]

There is a mistake in the video, in the sultan's mothers section, Suleiman's mother, Hafsa Sultan, is a Crimean princess, her father is the Crimean king, and Mehmet Çelebi's mother is the grandson of a prophet, that's why he got the nickname Çelebi. Some mothers may be from the Balkans, but the video is very exaggerated, research it a little better.

[@audyssea]

Is the blood tax not considered persecution ?

[@Realite58]

Respect Turkic Peoples❤️

[@volkanozturkmen6245]

623 year 1299 1922

[@cultureofturk711]

support you

[@mertsert8248]

@10:12 That mosque is not Süleymaniye, That is Çamlıca which is a brand new one and no historical value.

[@sahilhossian8212]

Lore of The Ottoman Empire from a Turkish Perspective momentum 100

[@himmlerwamlstein7128]

after second siege of vienna ended very bad europeans thought ottomans are no more the crayz strong they imagined, they quickly assembled an army and oblitirated ottomans.

[@gamertimer857]

The first Red Coat army with fire power was Ottomans

[@ismailakviranl9174]

There are too many false information. I hope you correct these false info with real history books that derived info from historical evidences. As far as I can see you just compiled a video footage by summarizing from youtube sources. History necessitates evidences to confirm any claim. Apparently you took the claims not only without evidences but also refuted due to the evidences granted.

[@KhansDen]

You are free to list any mistakes as much as you want instead of making bland accusations, my friend.

[@schwertmeister7650]

Best part of the video doesnt even tell anything about Timur like the the real persective of the Turkish education system.

[@tunagungor05]

10:11 The mosque shown in this scene is not Süleymaniye, considering the fact that Süleymaniye possesses only 4 minarets. I suppose the mosque shown here is the newly built Çamlıca Mosque. Frankly, it is quite easy that one can mistake those mosques for each other, considering the fact that Çamlıca possesses no architectural originality and is a total rip-off of Sinan's work.

[@KhansDen]

Thank you for the correction.

[@freemarketspeople3514]

Where is the Ottoman perspective? Would like to hear text, letters and other documents generated by Ottoman sources.

[@arikanmetselfactori]

devam böyle genç,annat atalarini🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷

[@highevan]

"In the Imperial society of the Ottomans the ethnic term Turk was little used, and then chiefly in a rather derogatory sense, to designate the Turcoman nomads or, later, the ignorant and uncouth Turkish-speaking peasants of the Anatolian villages." (Lewis 1968: 1)

[@SonsuzNefer]

Kitabın ismi nedir ?

[@hasanyilmaz8411]

You cannot make propaganda to simplify a nation that has established 16 empires with a section taken from a famous historian's book.

[@highevan]

@@hasanyilmaz8411 "The early Ottoman society was complex and included members of numerous religions and ethnicities. In short, it was a multi-ethnic and multi-religious empire ruled by the Ottoman dynasty from circa 1300 until its demise in World War - I ". Encyclopaedia of the Ottoman Empire, Gabor Agoston and Bruce Masters . Edition : 2009 page - XXV , XXVi

[@highevan]

@@hasanyilmaz8411 "By the seventeenth century, literate circles in Istanbul would not call themselves Turks, and often, in phrases such as 'senseless Turks', used the word as a term of abuse." Imber, Colin (2009). The Ottoman Empire, 1300-1650: The Structure of Power (2 ed.). New York: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 3.

[@highevan]

@@hasanyilmaz8411 "In the parlance of the epoch (early 19th century), all Muslims were referred to as "Turks", regardless of what their ethnicity would be considered today." Roderick Beaton, Greece: Biography of a Modern Nation, pp. 123

[@yoghurtlover3660]

Can't see the "Turkish Perspective" in the video it's almost no different than the other Ottoman Empire videos you mentioned