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Ben Werner,
Student Newspaper Editor
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Meanwhile the Ottoman Empire expressed solidarity with Aceh with preparations made for possible Turkish intervention on the Acehnese side.
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Sveta Romanova,
Intelligence Officer
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When the Ottoman Turks defected the Mameluke forces in 1517, Palestine came under the rule of a new empire that was to dominate the entire Near East for the next 400 years.
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Bori Gonbutoren,
Reindeer Herder
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The Seljuk Turks in Anatolia, The Turkish Principalities and The Ottoman Empire that was build up in the 13th century and expanded in size and culture, then on provided a period of transition for Anatolian Turks to settle down.
Byzantium was the powerful legacy of ancient Greece and Rome, the first Christian empire and the last flowering of classical civilizations before it fell to the plundering armies of the Ottoman Turks.
The Ottoman Turks have conquered and maintain effective control over diverse peoples in a vast empire stretching from Persia almost to the gates of Vienna and along the north coast of Africa to Algiers.
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Jack Crawford,
WWII Veteran
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Following the defeat of the Ottoman Empire and its allies during World War I, the attempt of the victorious allies to control the Anatolian territory led to the Turkish War of Independence.
It originated under the Turkish rule of the Ottoman Empire before World War I to protect Jewish settlements, and many of its members served in the British forces in both world wars.
Ottoman Empire loses war against Bulgaria and Serbia and are thrown out of the Balkans.
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Khalid Binalshibh,
Taxi Driver
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The Ottoman Empire reached its peak in size and splendor under the sultan called Suleiman the Magnificent, who ruled from 1520 to 1566 and was known to the Turks as Suleiman the Law-Giver.
The Byzantine Empire fulfilled its function as a bulwark against Asian conquest and Islam until it was overwhelmed by the Ottoman Turks in the fall of Constantinople in 1453.
The freedom granted and the great tolerance shown by the Ottomans to non-Muslims was so well known throughout Europe that the empire of the sultans became a major place of refuge for those fleeing from religious and political persecution.
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Mark Harris,
Priest
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But the Ottomans had to make long term arrangements for the surviving Christians throughout the empire, most of whom refused to convert, so they commanded the remaining Orthodox priests to appoint a new patriarch, who could shepherd his little flock at the will of the Sultan.
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