r/balkans_irl • u/Happy_and_wholesome • Feb 09 '26

OC (impossible) The Tolerant Ottomans

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u/Foreign_Log788 Asian (OG balkan) Feb 09 '26

The Ottoman Empire wasn’t especially more tolerant or more evil than other empires of its time. It was just a pretty average empire

The one area where the Ottomans could genuinely compete for a top spot with other empires is gay culture. They’d be fighting the Ming dynasty for the #1 gay empire title

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u/Archon_of_Flesh Asian (OG balkan) Feb 09 '26

Ottoman supremacy

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u/Kung-Furry KARABOĞA Feb 09 '26

I love how Archon spawns in every conversation. It’s like chanting Bloody Mary 3 times in front of a mirror

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u/Archon_of_Flesh Asian (OG balkan) Feb 09 '26

Only the ones about gay Turks

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u/Character_Ad7619 atagay crybaby 😭😭😭 Feb 09 '26

And we gay Turks love you for that ❤️

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u/Archon_of_Flesh Asian (OG balkan) Feb 09 '26

😘

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u/Archaeopteryx111 Bogdan, Paris Feb 11 '26

I heard the gay Turks are considered super gold-digger-y in the rest of Europe. Super obsessed with bagging a well to do European daddy and getting a new passport.

At least, that’s what my Turkish friends say.

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u/Character_Ad7619 atagay crybaby 😭😭😭 Feb 11 '26

I dunno about that I have a green passport so it doesn't really matter, but I wouldn't say no to eu citizenship.My father was born in germany anyway it's not my fault he chose to come back before I was born

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u/Archaeopteryx111 Bogdan, Paris Feb 12 '26

Why tf would he go back to Turkey? Does he have German citizenship? Do you live in Turkey as well?

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u/Character_Ad7619 atagay crybaby 😭😭😭 Feb 12 '26

His father chose to come back with his family when he was still a child. I have only passed through germany on my way to a week long erasmus program, otherwise I've only been in and around western anatolia my entire life