Ottomans were very sophisticated. As a Muslim, I wish the empire survived so I could live wherever I wanted. The idea of nation states has hurt the world and has divided it and caused wars.
Unfortunately the downfall of our empire started when we got too much influenced by Europe and specially Germany. When the young Turks took over, it was too late. They destroyed all the heritage to bring ''freedom and democrasy''.
Hello, The Ottoman was not an empire! It did not colonize, did not empose neither religion not language! And definitely did not exploit the countries weaalth/ resources like others.
@@m.bektas8606 The Ottomans were not colonial, they were imperial and spread via conquest not colonies. The Ottomans did not impose Islam over the entirety of the Balkans, which they could have over the hundreds of years they existed. They did not exploit countries wealth, they conquered the country and invested into the land. Much of the Balkans, Levantine and North African territories were developed under the Ottomans.
@@SonoftheFortunate Bektaş, n'olur biraz tarih kitabı oku. Osmanlının özellikle ilk üç asrında yapılan saldırı savaşlarımız anlatılırken kullanılan fetih ve fütuhat kelimelerinin haddi hesabı yoktur. Ayrıca, dünyanın her yerinde fetih de kolonileştirme de talan/yağma için yapılmıştır. Bazı devletler kolonileştermeyi, sözkonusu ülkeye "settlers", yahut göçmen göndererek, yani, pek silah kullanmadan yapmışlardır (kolonileştermenin tarifi de zaten budur.). Osmanlı'da bu görülmez. Her fetih savaş yoluyla gerçekleştirilmiştir, kolonileştirme yoktur. Savaşla ele geçirilen yabancı topraklara sivil "settlers" gönderilmemiş değildir. Ancak, bu işi savaş bittikten sonra yapmışlardır.
Ottoman Empire as the most cosmopolitan empire prevented enabled peaceful living in balkans, Middle East and North Africa for centuries. Comparing with the current events many wish such a system could continue, especially in Middle East.
This is a program that the entire western media and politicians should have as a educational tool. Thank you for not regurgitating the same lies that the media has told us for a whole century ❤
Thank you for highlighting some of the contributions of the Ottoman Empire. One can see that the basis for all these contributions is in the adherence to the Islamic faith - -because that is the basis of these practices.
Such a smooth presentation and speech. Thank you professor for your efforts. As you would know better than me, we could never win an argument against an ignorant.. so called modern west would still be selling actual human beings just because their skin is a little bit darker if internet hadn’t invented.. Can you get any logical question from Crusaders ? Can you get any logical answer from the children of the Barbarians ? I could never win against an ignorant, that’s what west is.. Build up upon the colonization.. With colonization, In a year, I would make 10 trillion dollars every year by working just an hour a day.. Can you ask the west, could they survive so far as we did, against these ignorant monsters, we only cared, we only showed mercy.. Who are we ? I am history, I am civilization, I am mercy, I am united, I am earth, I am humanity, I am the protector of animals, I am Turk, I am Albanian, I am Syrian, I am Kurd, I am Tacik, I am Arab, I am Bosnian or Slavic.. I am islam, I am the peace, I am the ultimate answer to the only question that matters… “WHY” Does the west have an actual legit answer, or would they like to colonize us more to get an answer.. Only and only Gazali is enough to crash all the “ethics” that west could ever achieve with all their artists and philosophers.. We were ALWAYS at the right side of history, even though we stood or we fall.. We stood in the right side, we fell in the right side..
Before I begin, I want to comment how exceptionally well this video has been made. Throughout history, the wars, trade, diplomacy, and cultural exchanges between Turks and Europeans have been so deeply intertwined that a Turk is as European as a Frenchman. Therefore, you cannot separate Turks from Europe, nor Europe from the Turks." I would also like to draw a comparison to two brothers who always fight but eventually reconcile and act normal. The Habsburgs and Ottomans fought each other for centuries, yet in the end, they fought side by side in WWI. Both Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire fell together-a surprisingly tragic story."
Thanks for being true to history. Well summarized for 7 mins also mentioned meritocracy. The governing system was also very complex. Too many people depends it to imperial system but to be honest they were very democratic even more than today's so called democratic states. Too many states were under protection because simply they wanted to be ruled by ottomans. They didn't invade them like the other imperial countries. Also they didn't want to rob their own people under the tax systems. There were strick rules and taxing stood same from 1700's to the end. Hard working state and even gave idea to the most ideologies like socialism, communism and many more without saying it. Cheers.
The empire would have survived if the later sultans had the same vision as Muhammed the Conquerer. But the Empire had to deal with many wars in different continents at the same time. Even this wasn't the biggest danger. The biggest danger were the traitors inside the palace who took over and destroyed the heritage and empire.
I wanna add something regarding coffee. Coffee is orginal found and drunk in ethiopia Highland in the 9th century 😊. So the credit for coffee isn't ottoman it's ethiopia. Even the word coffee comes from kefa a village in ethiopia that coffee was found.
coffee was something they drink by boiling green beans for rejuvenating effects. Turks turned that into a sophisticated drink, roasting, grinding, brewing, serving with specialized cups even with rituals, and then coffee houses, first one opened in Istanbul. Coffee we know today is about the culture, much more than beans. Also coffee is seen as catalyst of enlightenment in Europe, because of socializing between different classes.
Ottoman Empire ended after the defeat in WWI. The Ottoman Empire officially ended in 1922 when the Grand National Assembly of Turkey abolished the title of Ottoman Sultan. The empire was replaced by the Republic of Turkey in 1923
well yes this only apply to the Turkish area of ottoman empire while the rest of the empire was living in poor conditions and have received nothing from the center of the empire but punishment if they want to be free
Unfortunately, while indeed the Ottomans achieved remarkable “cultural” advancements; their collapse was mainly due to abandonment of many Islamic principles of peaceful and equitable governance, particularly over their Christian subjects from the Byzantine lands of Eastern Europe.
I can't deny the contribution of the Ottomans for some good things but you forgot to tell some realities.The Sultans where very far from real life, living in palaces .While people where very poor,uneducated and didn't know what it was to be a Turk.Sultans were surronded just by elits origins Greek,Jew or Armenian.Cause of their ambition they expanded to much,gave the control to non Turks, instead of investing to develop the country and citizen they spend all sources for wars without any anxiety.While they were living uneconomical in luxury far from people poverty and misery they became an easy prey for ennemy.Fortunately the nation had the chance that a man like Mustafa Kemal had the courage to release the contry a founded the replublic of a modern Türkiye.
Palavra bunlar..M. Kemal'in kurduğu sistemte 80 yıl boyunva kaos, terör , anarşi, darbeler vb. oldu, ekonomik olarak halk fakir kaldı, Öyleki iş ve aş için yuzbinlercesi Avrupa'ya çalışmaya gitti... Teknilojik olarak ciddi en Ufak bir şey üretmedi, alt yapı dersen yine felaket.. Yoksa sizin modern dediğiniz kendi kültürümüzü terkedip batı kültürünü, dinini taklit etmekten ibaret! Türkiye M. Kemal zihniyetinden kurtunulan son 20 yılda biraz gelişti, refaha kavuştu, sanayisi oluştu!
Dear Professor, This video of yours, if accompanied by a Turkish translation, would likely break viewership records in Turkey, especially among supporters of the Islamist and neo-Ottomanist ruling party (AKP) as well as ultranationalists. It is a work of flattery toward the Ottomans, highlighting a carefully selected dozen or so positive aspects of the Ottoman cultural legacy. In my view, the title of your book, A Cultural Legacy, seems strategically chosen to justify overlooking entirely hundreds of “unpleasant” cases, events, and governmental or social practices that were integral to the Ottoman Empire’s 600-year-long tumultuous history. These neglected aspects had a profound impact on the field of cultural field/life of the country, yet they are conspicuously absent from your analysis. I must address two significant distortions or inaccuracies in your work. First, while it is true that meritocracy was a commendable standard in the Ottoman Empire for advancing within the government, it was by no means the sole or primary standard. The entrenched and widespread system of bribery (rüşvet) was equally influential and frequently employed. Second, you claim that "the sultans were trilingual, highly educated, and sophisticated." Wow! This assertion might hold true for some sultans of the Classical Period, but it fails to consider the devastating effects of the later practice of confining crown princes (şehzade) in the "kafes (cage)" within the palace. Completely isolated from the outside world, sometimes for decades, these future rulers often emerged devoid of sophistication, plagued by ignorance, and, in some cases, mentally unwell. I hope these remarks show the need for a more balanced approach to understanding the true nature of Osmanlı's cultural legacy that you glorify using selected material.
If the all the media industry would be like this....There would be no war in the world! Thank you so much for your amazing work!
I love the Ottoman heritage
Ottomans were very sophisticated. As a Muslim, I wish the empire survived so I could live wherever I wanted. The idea of nation states has hurt the world and has divided it and caused wars.
Unfortunately the downfall of our empire started when we got too much influenced by Europe and specially Germany. When the young Turks took over, it was too late. They destroyed all the heritage to bring ''freedom and democrasy''.
Historians recall conquest of istanbul by Sultan Mehmed as "Rise of Constantinapole" rather than Fall of Constantinapole.
Thank you for your honest and detailed study of this often misrepresented empire.
Pax Ottomana was real, and we see what happened after its demise.
Hello, The Ottoman was not an empire! It did not colonize, did not empose neither religion not language! And definitely did not exploit the countries weaalth/ resources like others.
@@m.bektas8606
The Ottomans were not colonial, they were imperial and spread via conquest not colonies.
The Ottomans did not impose Islam over the entirety of the Balkans, which they could have over the hundreds of years they existed.
They did not exploit countries wealth, they conquered the country and invested into the land. Much of the Balkans, Levantine and North African territories were developed under the Ottomans.
@@SonoftheFortunate Bektaş, n'olur biraz tarih kitabı oku. Osmanlının özellikle ilk üç asrında yapılan saldırı savaşlarımız anlatılırken kullanılan fetih ve fütuhat kelimelerinin haddi hesabı yoktur. Ayrıca, dünyanın her yerinde fetih de kolonileştirme de talan/yağma için yapılmıştır. Bazı devletler kolonileştermeyi, sözkonusu ülkeye "settlers", yahut göçmen göndererek, yani, pek silah kullanmadan yapmışlardır (kolonileştermenin tarifi de zaten budur.). Osmanlı'da bu görülmez. Her fetih savaş yoluyla gerçekleştirilmiştir, kolonileştirme yoktur. Savaşla ele geçirilen yabancı topraklara sivil "settlers" gönderilmemiş değildir. Ancak, bu işi savaş bittikten sonra yapmışlardır.
Thanks for the unbiased and excellent presentation summary for the cultural and social aspects of Ottoman Empire.
I love Ottoman history. Its incredibly rich
"The Ottoman Empire's cultural contributions are often overlooked.
Well covered.
A job well done. A true professional work. Thank you.
Our pleasure!
Ottoman Empire as the most cosmopolitan empire prevented enabled peaceful living in balkans, Middle East and North Africa for centuries. Comparing with the current events many wish such a system could continue, especially in Middle East.
This is a program that the entire western media and politicians should have as a educational tool. Thank you for not regurgitating the same lies that the media has told us for a whole century ❤
Beautiful. Thank you. We love the Ottoman's!
highly accurate- peace and love from Istanbul 🇹🇷❤
❤ beautifully summarized. Thanks for your sincere and hard work.
May Allah bless the ottomans💖💖💖
Beautiful presentation.
This is amazing and informative video❤
Thank you for highlighting some of the contributions of the Ottoman Empire. One can see that the basis for all these contributions is in the adherence to the Islamic faith - -because that is the basis of these practices.
Such a smooth presentation and speech. Thank you professor for your efforts.
As you would know better than me, we could never win an argument against an ignorant..
so called modern west would still be selling actual human beings just because their skin is a little bit darker if internet hadn’t invented..
Can you get any logical question from Crusaders ?
Can you get any logical answer from the children of the Barbarians ?
I could never win against an ignorant, that’s what west is..
Build up upon the colonization..
With colonization, In a year, I would make 10 trillion dollars every year by working just an hour a day..
Can you ask the west, could they survive so far as we did, against these ignorant monsters, we only cared, we only showed mercy..
Who are we ?
I am history, I am civilization, I am mercy, I am united, I am earth, I am humanity, I am the protector of animals, I am Turk, I am Albanian, I am Syrian, I am Kurd, I am Tacik, I am Arab, I am Bosnian or Slavic.. I am islam, I am the peace, I am the ultimate answer to the only question that matters…
“WHY”
Does the west have an actual legit answer, or would they like to colonize us more to get an answer..
Only and only Gazali is enough to crash all the “ethics” that west could ever achieve with all their artists and philosophers..
We were ALWAYS at the right side of history, even though we stood or we fall..
We stood in the right side, we fell in the right side..
Thank you for your educational and informational presentation on the legacy of the Ottoman Empire.
Love this video. Turks have a unique culture and history.
Thank you
Thank you ❤
Before I begin, I want to comment how exceptionally well this video has been made.
Throughout history, the wars, trade, diplomacy, and cultural exchanges between Turks and Europeans have been so deeply intertwined that a Turk is as European as a Frenchman. Therefore, you cannot separate Turks from Europe, nor Europe from the Turks."
I would also like to draw a comparison to two brothers who always fight but eventually reconcile and act normal. The Habsburgs and Ottomans fought each other for centuries, yet in the end, they fought side by side in WWI. Both Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire fell together-a surprisingly tragic story."
Thank you for this informative, uplifting and beautifully unifying message
You are so welcome
A very good video
Diana iyi bir çalışma , teşekkür ederim.
It is wonderful explanation and quite fair. thank you very much.
What an amazing and informative video! you earned a new subscriber.
Interesting and myth destroying of this wonderful history.
Splendid! Thank you for interesting history lesson without any prejudice 👏
Brilliant. No oriental biase there.
Do you mean “no Occidental bias here”? Orient means east and occident means west.
@SunnySJamil Read Edward Said.
thanks for sharing
Trousers are a Ottoman Muslim heritage, well I never. History is indeed interesting and fascinating.
Beautiful video
Thank you
great work professer diana darke .
Thanks for being true to history. Well summarized for 7 mins also mentioned meritocracy. The governing system was also very complex. Too many people depends it to imperial system but to be honest they were very democratic even more than today's so called democratic states. Too many states were under protection because simply they wanted to be ruled by ottomans. They didn't invade them like the other imperial countries. Also they didn't want to rob their own people under the tax systems. There were strick rules and taxing stood same from 1700's to the end. Hard working state and even gave idea to the most ideologies like socialism, communism and many more without saying it. Cheers.
The empire would have survived if the later sultans had the same vision as Muhammed the Conquerer. But the Empire had to deal with many wars in different continents at the same time. Even this wasn't the biggest danger. The biggest danger were the traitors inside the palace who took over and destroyed the heritage and empire.
Always admiring Ottoman Empire, hope able to visit Turkiye to reminisce its culture, heritage places and scenery towns ❤❤❤
A must read is Robert Spencer’s book, ‘Empire of God’.
Excellent ! It’s a pity how westerners ignore ( deny) such a great culture next door…
wht wonderful presenttion!
very good, Mash-Allah
I wanna add something regarding coffee. Coffee is orginal found and drunk in ethiopia Highland in the 9th century 😊. So the credit for coffee isn't ottoman it's ethiopia. Even the word coffee comes from kefa a village in ethiopia that coffee was found.
without ottoman, the world will never care about coffee
coffee was something they drink by boiling green beans for rejuvenating effects. Turks turned that into a sophisticated drink, roasting, grinding, brewing, serving with specialized cups even with rituals, and then coffee houses, first one opened in Istanbul. Coffee we know today is about the culture, much more than beans. Also coffee is seen as catalyst of enlightenment in Europe, because of socializing between different classes.
Where to get the book?❤❤❤
See the description.
Is it possible to bring it back
Interesting dive into this misunderstood part of history!
nice
Ottomans are my 2nd fav muslim empire after the abbasids
I can attest all of this
So you date the Ottoman Empire after 1918, but that is not the case in Salonika, in July 1908 the empire ended.
Ottoman Empire ended after the defeat in WWI.
The Ottoman Empire officially ended in 1922 when the Grand National Assembly of Turkey abolished the title of Ottoman Sultan. The empire was replaced by the Republic of Turkey in 1923
And there began the decline 😢@@lonelywolf1480
well yes this only apply to the Turkish area of ottoman empire while the rest of the empire was living in poor conditions and have received nothing from the center of the empire but punishment if they want to be free
The Osmani sultanat/ empire. Ottoman is orientalist
Unfortunately, while indeed the Ottomans achieved remarkable “cultural” advancements; their collapse was mainly due to abandonment of many Islamic principles of peaceful and equitable governance, particularly over their Christian subjects from the Byzantine lands of Eastern Europe.
I can't deny the contribution of the Ottomans for some good things but you forgot to tell some realities.The Sultans where very far from real life, living in palaces .While people where very poor,uneducated and didn't know what it was to be a Turk.Sultans were surronded just by elits origins Greek,Jew or Armenian.Cause of their ambition they expanded to much,gave the control to non Turks, instead of investing to develop the country and citizen they spend all sources for wars without any anxiety.While they were living uneconomical in luxury far from people poverty and misery they became an easy prey for ennemy.Fortunately the nation had the chance that a man like Mustafa Kemal had the courage to release the contry a founded the replublic of a modern Türkiye.
Palavra bunlar..M. Kemal'in kurduğu sistemte 80 yıl boyunva kaos, terör , anarşi, darbeler vb. oldu, ekonomik olarak halk fakir kaldı, Öyleki iş ve aş için yuzbinlercesi Avrupa'ya çalışmaya gitti... Teknilojik olarak ciddi en Ufak bir şey üretmedi, alt yapı dersen yine felaket.. Yoksa sizin modern dediğiniz kendi kültürümüzü terkedip batı kültürünü, dinini taklit etmekten ibaret!
Türkiye M. Kemal zihniyetinden kurtunulan son 20 yılda biraz gelişti, refaha kavuştu, sanayisi oluştu!
Very incorrect.
The sultan placed a Gouverneur. He can do anything but must loyal to the sultan. Example was Egypt.
Dear Professor,
This video of yours, if accompanied by a Turkish translation, would likely break viewership records in Turkey, especially among supporters of the Islamist and neo-Ottomanist ruling party (AKP) as well as ultranationalists. It is a work of flattery toward the Ottomans, highlighting a carefully selected dozen or so positive aspects of the Ottoman cultural legacy.
In my view, the title of your book, A Cultural Legacy, seems strategically chosen to justify overlooking entirely hundreds of “unpleasant” cases, events, and governmental or social practices that were integral to the Ottoman Empire’s 600-year-long tumultuous history. These neglected aspects had a profound impact on the field of cultural field/life of the country, yet they are conspicuously absent from your analysis.
I must address two significant distortions or inaccuracies in your work. First, while it is true that meritocracy was a commendable standard in the Ottoman Empire for advancing within the government, it was by no means the sole or primary standard. The entrenched and widespread system of bribery (rüşvet) was equally influential and frequently employed.
Second, you claim that "the sultans were trilingual, highly educated, and sophisticated." Wow! This assertion might hold true for some sultans of the Classical Period, but it fails to consider the devastating effects of the later practice of confining crown princes (şehzade) in the "kafes (cage)" within the palace. Completely isolated from the outside world, sometimes for decades, these future rulers often emerged devoid of sophistication, plagued by ignorance, and, in some cases, mentally unwell.
I hope these remarks show the need for a more balanced approach to understanding the true nature of Osmanlı's cultural legacy that you glorify using selected material.
@@bassoprof Name 5 of them please so we can also learn
Turkish subtitles have been added.
@@EmirSteinCenter@EmirSteinCenter
2 hours ago
Turkish subtitles have been added. ???
what do you not understand? Turkish subtitles have been added as per your request.
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Don't fool yourself once a time they were your lords
@@abdifatahelmi3092 are you trying to make a point here
Because you are greek. Europe knows your killings in cyprus turks. But you did killings wiht support of euro. Your belief cannot change the truth
Qatar didn't payroll thousands of Ottoman-Christian-soldiers who charged at the Walls of Constantinople first, followed by Muslims.
Your post: sponsored by the Golden Dawn and the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate
Beautiful presentation and informative thank you very much
Glad you liked it!
beautiful !!!