The Brutal Story of The Ottoman Dynasty 

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The real lesson here is when your brother becomes the Sultan its time to go for an extended vacation. And definitely dont respond to any invitations to the coronation dinner.

And a historian lived that time wrote this sentence for Mehmet 3 who killed his 19 brothers: Our glorious sultan were so merciful, he send his 19 brothers to heaven. And his son , Ahmed 1, didn't go his father Mehmet 3's funeral and said: Even if he is my father, a guy who killed his 19 brothers and 1 son for the sake of throne, is a murderer. And i don't join the murderers' funerals.

Bayazid: damn, I’m such a good conqueror. Timur: I’m about to end this man’s whole career.

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On the one hand, even a single battle in something like the War of the Roses would kill more people than all princes killed under this rule. So you could make an argument that this was less bloody than leaving many branches of the royal family who could later claim the throne. On the other hand, you end up with princes growinf up in an environment where their closest kin must all be considered lethal threats, and a ruler who was the best at murdering his own relatives. One can imagine that does things to their mental state.

As a Turk myself I'd like to add to the information given at 3:15. On Timur's Memluk Campaign the squabble had begun between two rulers, they've both literally traded barbs with one another, swearing at each other's wives, mothers and lineage and allegedly the Bayezid said that if any of them would not come to the battlefield their wives to be dismarried after the campaign Timur has first sent an ultimatum asking for the refugees (Kara Yusuf, Sultan Ahmet, ) that have fled from Timur's wrath after he conquered Syria and the vicinities on his earlier Memluk campaign (and the two was actually under the rule of Timurid Empire) and he also asked for Ottoman State to become one of his Vassals, and Bayezid to send one of his successors, to give Anatolian Beylik's back their territory, but the Sultan Bayezid sent him humiliating presents in return and the negotiations was officially ended. And also Timur knew that Bayezid was short-tempered, enthusiastic and powerful, so he has made his moves accordingly, eliminated the members of the defensive block (Memluk, Golden Horde), and he did not bury the whole populace, but to piss off The Ottomans and terrify the populace burned down the great city of Sivas and after his promising not to shed blood if they have surrendered, 4000 Armenian sipahi(castle defenders) that had successfully defended the city against him have surrendered and was buried alive and the Timur said: "I did not shed any blood"... And also they were not "outwitted by the enemy" but the Bey's betrayed Bayezid upon his taking their territory by force(cause he couldn't wait as I've said he was known to be short-tempered and actually fast as a thunderbolt) and Timur's promises to give it back, and on the battlefield even his sons have fled from the battlefield(because the dynasty would be extinct, they've all thought the same and eventually they've all fled) leaving him just by himself and with his Janissaries(palace guards for who doesn't know) he fought until the end and tried to escape at the last moment but that wasn't too successful...

You should do also a video about the corruption of the Janissaries. These soldiers not only threatened the sultans starting from the 17th century but also became economic parasites on the Ottoman treasury and started some really messed up business practices, such as opening brothels with little boys for adult entertainment in Albania. Really wicked, disgusting stuff.

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Temur attacking Bayazid was another extended form of fratricide so to speak. Central asians (Uzbek / Kazakhs) and Turks are of same ethnicity. If Temur went to China and Bayazid to Vienna - history could have turned out very differently. A big what if! Thanks for the amazing video.

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Dude, the images you used in clip are so realistic and they fully fit with the history

Generally speaking killing all those who could make a claim for the throne was the 2nd best option available for a prince because even if prince's brothers don't want the throne, discontent elements of society could proclaim one of them as their new sultan 1st best option would be to imprison all of them BUT this means that for the rest of your reign there will certainly be a few attempts to free them, so you'll hve to be looking over your shoulder for the rest of your reign #be paranoid And surely paranoia is not a good thing for a king

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This was a war between two Turkic empires. Because Timur was half-Turk and half mongol and The Timur empire people and the army were mostly Turkic clans, In central Asian Turkic people, some Turkic clans did not want him to be the head (Başbuğ) of all Turkic nations. But he was the choice. The Ottoman Turks did not want to recognize him and suffered the consequences. And other hand, another important point; Timur had not destroyed the Golden Horde state (This is a another Turkic empire in world history. They are Kipchak-Tatar Turks), there would have been no Russian empire in history. Undoubtedly, the Timur empire was a very powerful Turkic state. And for Golden Horde; The Russians would never have appeared on the stage of history.

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Wish they apply this mechanic in CK3. Maybe a cultural aspect minimizing penalties for the fratricide status.

This video definetly deserves atleast 1 million views. Excellent documentary that highlights the gruesome yet fascinating history of Ottomans and The Şehzades( Princes)

So basically the guy who became Sultan had the fastest horse, and the biggest balls Wonder why the empire lasted so long

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The Turks have constantly been an imperial people. They have made a habit of empire building, and although none of their structures have attained the imposing dimensions of the Mongol achievement, many of them have been far more lasting. The maps show at least a dozen states of the first rank which have been constructed by Turkish peoples, and another dozen built by Turkish leaders, sometimes by themselves, sometimes with the assistance of a military aristocracy of their own race.

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For some reason, the people of the Nordic countries often term that state “angry like a Turk.”

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A minor mistake at 9:18. The Rhodes conquest was conducted by Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent, not by Sultan Yavuz Selim I. However, Sultan Yavuz Selim I had the intention to shift towards the conquest of Rhodes and he prepared for it, but he passed away and Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent took it over and conquered it in 1522

The campaign also convinced Süleyman that large-scale operations of this kind could not secure more territory for him under the existing conditions of trans portation and warfare. He therefore agreed to a peace, mediated by Poland: Ferdi nand recognized the sultan as "father and suzerain." accepted the grand vezir as "brother" and equal in rank, and abandoned his claims to rule in Hungary other than those border areas that he had occupied since the original Ottoman conquest.

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In short, it is hard to think of any other ethnolinguistic entity in history that conquered so vast a territory and founded so many empires and states, also contributing to world civilizations. The history of the Turkic peoples was an important factor in world history for more than a millennium until the emergence of Europe as the world's dominant power. What happened in the Turkic world often affected the history of China, Central Asia, the Middle East, South Asia, and Europe. One may also argue that world history began with the "Turko-Mongol" empire created by Chinggis Khan. In the contemporary world, Turkic-speaking nations form six states (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, and Turkey/Türkiye) and several "autonomous" units in Russia (the republics of Chuvash, Tatarstan, Bashkortostan, Altai, Khakassia, Tuva, and Sakha) and China (the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region). Turkic peoples also reside as minority groups in several other countries, including Mongolia and Iran, among others. It would therefore be difficult to acquire a comprehensive understanding of world history as well as our present world without studying the history of the Turkic peoples.

It was not a religious operation. It was purely pragmatic, death of 19 children is less bloodier and harmfull than a civil war caused by ambition for the throne .

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Turkish proverb: "Ya devlet başa, ya kuzgun leşe" = Either to the Head of the State, or Raven to your dead

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As far as I'm aware, Süleyman Çelebi was the one who was found in a bathhouse and murdered. I remember Halil İnalcık specifically reciting the documentations, he was having işret councils, probably already warn from fighting

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You don't become one of the longest lived dynasties in history for nothing

If I was one of the brothers I'd be like "bro I don't want the throne, just let me chill out and throw me a few concubines and I'll be happy" 😂

@1:40 I would like to correct that it was not a religious order nor it was being done for the last three hundred years rather the killings of the brothers were being done for the last two generations before him and two generations after him which ended by the time of Sultan Murad Khan nevertheless the killings were at highest during his reign. I would also like to add that it is a great historical depiction in a video format and the graphics are amazing.

Video is good but the title is misleading and the timur invasion was left hanging kinda awkwardly still nice video, liked and subscribed

The whole fratricide thing was started by sultan Bayezid Yildirim when he executed his brother Yakub Çelebi after the death od Murad I

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Cool video, great narrator.

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*meanwhile, in the third century Roman court…*

It sounds pretty terrible to murder all of one's brothers, but the cost of a civil war would've been far, far worse.

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Wo. I don't feel so bad about my family relations all of a sudden. Thx for not killing me bro!

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what happens if you murder all your brothers, don't have a descendant yet, and you die? surely it happened in Ottoman history?

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The thing about fratricide is although it’s bloody but it kept the empire stable.

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Fratricide is a good law because it pushes the princes to get good education and it pushes them to seek more military knowledges, this also prevents in civil wars where the civilians suffer the most.

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If I became a monarch my brothers and me would be enjoying the privileges while matters of state weren’t at hand. Why can’t folks just chill?