Comments by "Hakan Karaağaç" (@TheReaper569) on "Overly Sarcastic Productions"
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hello, i am turkish its fascinating that you invented a whole saying for it in language. We call it devşirme. You "devşir" foreign children to make an elite force. Some of the children even rose to highest political and military offices in ottoman beurocracy by the way. Ibrahim pasha, the right hand man and childhood friend of suleiman the magnificant the lawgiver, was a devşirme. He wasnt turkish and he had so much influence , he was basicly everything you can be in the state except sultann, because that would require you to be in family. its recorded that suleiman said to him " you are in highest position of our empire, the next step is being an ottoman (family dynasty)"
Sultan had him killed fearing that his influence growing too much and that his mistress "hürrem sultan" constantly telling him ibrahim plots againts him.
Hürrem sultan was really a legendary woman btw, she basicly ruled the inner palace politics. if you wanted a problem solved, or anyone appointed, you will see her, she will see sultan and its done.
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