Fatma Sel Turhan: 1 book
The Ottoman Empire and the Bosnian Uprising
Janissaries, Modernisation and Rebellion in the Nineteenth Century
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2014
Bosnia enjoyed a special status within the Ottoman Empire. Many of the empire's 'janissaries', an elite military stratum of soldiers and nobleman, hailed from this Balkan region. So when Sultan Mehmet II abolished this warrior class in 1826, and this curtailed the regions access to influence in Constantinople,...
