The Ottoman Empire and the Turks

The ottomans were not codly, and they ruled as most people ruled in the early modern with a great deal of force. But like other early modern rulers, they knew that human beings were a precious resource - too much brutality led people to flee. In some parts of the ottoman provinces, there was a surprising degree of autonomy. So it was a complicated picture, and it wasn't simply a picture of total repression. If i was to sum it up, i would say it was a way of life e for the greeks as well as for the turks. They were clearly cond class citizens, but it was the way of life that they knew,. Many