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Ottoman Empire, janissary troops
Posted on June 4th, 2009 No commentsJanissary Troops
‘Janissary’ is a word that originates from the Turkish ‘yeni cheri’, or ‘new troops’. Until around 1826, the Ottoman Empire used Janissaries as a military force. Historically, Turkey began as a nation completely without a stable army. Instead, Turkey employed all able-bodied Muslims as volunteers, called ‘akinjis’, who were either gathered with the use of town criers, or secret messengers, if necessary. Read the rest of this entry »
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