THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE WAS NEVER A TURKISH EMPIRE AT ALL.THIS EMPIRE WAS CREATED AND RULED BY GREEK MUSLIMS WHO HAD ADOPTED PERSIAN AND ARABIC CULTURE TO A VERY VERY POWERFUL POINT WHERE IT WASN'T EVEN A JOKE AND WHO CONVERTED TO ISLAM IN ANATOLIA AFTER THE BYZANTINE AND SELJUK WARS.THE VERY SAME TURKS LATER BECAME A MINORITY IN THIS EMPIRE, GREEK MUSLIMS VERY SOON OUTNUMBERED THE VERY SAME SELJUK TURKS.THIS EMPIRE STRETCHED FROM THE BALKANS TO NORTHERN EUROPE TO THE MIDDLE EAST AND TO NORTHERN AFRICA.THE GREEK MUSLIMS WERE ALWAYS FRIENDLY AND NICE TO THEIR FORMER PATRIOTS THE GREEK CHRISTIANS UNTIL THE GREAT WESTERN POWERS RUSSIA ENGLAND AND FRANCE MADE THEM BOTH ENEMIES IN 1821 .TURKS ALBANIANS MACEDONIANS BULGARIANS SERBS ROMANIANS EGYPTIANS ARABS ALGERIANS JORDANIANS LEBANESE SYRIANS PALESTINIANS AND JEWS AND THE REST OF THE MUSLIM ARAB WORLD WERE RULED BY THE OTTOMAN GREEK MUSLIMS. THE GREEK MUSLIMS ALWAYS SAW THESE MINORITIES AS ENEMIES ESPECIALLY THE ARABS AND THE ARMENIANS.UNTIL IN 1908 WHEN THE TURKISH PEOPLE DECIDED TO REVOLT AGAINST THE GREEK MUSLIMS AND PUT AN END TO THEIR OTTOMAN DYNASTY IN 1923 LEAD BY THEIR TURKISH LEADER MUSTAFA KEMAL ATATURK.HERE ARE SOME LINKS OF THE OTTOMAN MUSLIM GREEKS http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_Muslims http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Ottomans_of_Greek_descent http://www.allempires.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4562&PN=2 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%BCseyin_Hilmi_Pasha
Mashallah.Fascinating.
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