The Ottoman Empire

The Ottoman Empire(1299-1922) was a multi-ethnic and multi-religious Turkish-ruled state. By 1300, there were Ghazi principalities all over Anatolia. One of them was led by Osman Ghazi who was the son of Ertugrul Ghazi. They were in the region of Eskisehir in western Anatolia. Osman I extended their borders to the Byzantine Empire. They took Bursa at first and Bursa became capital of Ottaman.
The story of Ottoman had begun there. Osman Ghazi had a better idea than others. He saw the future. They had dreamt of more than a local state and worked a long time to build a big multinational state. They had written documents of their own, about the structure of state, the military, the management, the judgement, the economic means. This systematic approach was the secret of their success.
Because of the success of their system, The Ottomans spanned three continents at 16th-17th century, when they were at their strongest(the map of Ottomans can be seen below). They were controlling Southeastern Europe, The Middle East and North Africa.The empire was at the center of interactions between the Eastern and Western worlds for six centuries. Through these centuries, lots of different cultures, nations lived together without trouble. The main point was that all the people were called Ottoman. It meant that people had the same identity beyond their different cultures.
In 1453 Istanbul was conquered by Fatih Sultan Mehmet and became capital city of Ottoman Empire. This was also beginning of a New Age for the world. They had a successful and determined army and navy. So, Ottoman Sovereigns conquered lots of places in their time. It was the way of being great in that age.
Some well-known of Sovereigns are; Fatih Sultan Mehmed, Kanuni Sultan Suleyman(Suleiman The Magnificent), Yavuz Sultan Selim…
They began to have troubles with management of the empire by the 18th century. It was also affected nationalism which became was taking root all over the world. Because of this and because of the impermanence of all living things, the Ottoman Empire was reaching its end.
After The World War I (1922) the Sovereign was removed by Ataturk. So The Ottoman Empire was finished and the Turkish Republic was established in Anatolia, and other republics in many other countries all over Ottomans lands…
ABDUREHIM & HASIP