>it was all real How could such a vast empire which spanned

Iceland, kek

>>1834805

>Marseilles
>Turkish

Just because it is now doesn't mean it was then

ITT:

Turks desperately clinging to their past to escape their shitty present.

filter, sage, and hide

>>1835934
>>1835939

are you guys fucking retarded

memes

>>1834805
Why did it collapse tho?

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>>1838356

Are turk boys as cute as afghani boys?

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>>1838724

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Unfortunately for everyone in the world at the time bug spray had not been invented yet

>>1834805
I think a better question is why it did so fucking awfully in WW1?

>>1838786
>still beat the anglo at gallipoli

>>1838786
Considering the Ottoman Empire was already considerably weak by the 19th century, they did pretty good.

>>1838786
It honestly did way better than it had any right to. The empire was dirt poor and never fielded more than 1 million soldiers at a time total. They still tied up considerable Allied resources and got a nearly 1:1 casualty ratio overall.

>>1838809
Gallipoli was probably one of the dumbest fucking operations in WW1. Reading about it is painful.

>>1834805

Anatolia is rich as fuck

>>1840889
*western anatolia the rest of it was filled with turkish nomad tribes.

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>>1834805
But Afro-Eurasia is one continent.