Comments by "Samson Soturian" (@samsonsoturian6013) on "Lepanto 1571: Shattering the Idea of Ottoman Invincibility" video.

  1. Hardly. The fleet was worth a couple of years' revenue for the whole empire. And they literally just told their own soldiers they valued material possessions over their lives.
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  2. The Janissaries fought Turks more than anyone else and received massive bribes from every new ruler. They were kidnapped because the Sultans trusted purebred mercs more than their own clansmen. There were similar predatory behavior across the empire, but there was very little record keeping and history writing. Like how Ottoman commanders would "conscript" Arabs and use them for slave labor, or how "requisition squads" seized assets which went into the commander's pocket.
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  3. It's actually very common for one place to have two names. The Arabs call Jerusalem "al-Quds," the Egyptians call themselves the Masri, the Fins and Lapps call themselves Suomi, the Greeks call themselves the Hellenes.
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  4. Don't think for a minute they were all Christians. Ottoman commanders would pressgang whomever was conveniently available
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  5. This war had nothing to do with religion
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  6. @nofux8586  the Ottoman's religious composition varied with the decades
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  7. That guy took Egypt. The Balkans are a different matter
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  8.  @GrandMoffTarkinsTeaDispenser  he did, in fact, attack the Ottomans at one point
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  9. @kuvikina  they were often depicted as invincible elite groups which was a lie but caused them to be overrepresented in the sources
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  10.  @patnor7354  Most of the boys weren't raped. That's what they kidnapped women for. Also, these boys were taken by extortion as part of a treaty
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  11. Shut up. Those guys are dead
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  12.  @SterbiusMcGurbius  quit being silly
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  13.  @SterbiusMcGurbius  you wouldn't even frickin know who that is.
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  14.  @SterbiusMcGurbius  Does my name look Turkish to you, pendejo?
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  15. The fact you feel the need to say that implies there is reason to believe otherwise
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  16.  @GrandMoffTarkinsTeaDispenser  given the level of bullshit surrounding everything Ottoman, don't be surprised when people get skeptical
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  17. Because the Ottomans only ruled Africa on paper. Key lords had to pay protection money, which they did because the Ottomans would throw away whole armies just so they could pretend they won. The Ottomans only had actual power over what is now western and central Turkey with small colonies all over.
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  18.  @kuvikina  Are you counting Istanbul as the Balkans?
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