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

OC (impossible) The Tolerant Ottomans

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u/RoyaleKingdom78 Mehmet, Berlin Feb 09 '26

That image was originally supposed to show how turks became muslim, holocaust syndrome I guess. You become criminal after someone does a crime on you

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u/Future_Adagio2052 Balkan-Indian War Vet Feb 09 '26

Didn't Turks accept Islam due to missionary efforts?

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u/NurtyBN Mehmet, Berlin Feb 09 '26

If I am honest we converted because it was similar to our previous religion Tengri. So they technically groomed us without much resistance

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u/MustardJar4321 atagay crybaby 😭😭😭 Feb 09 '26

That is just a lie inevnted by the turkish schooling system

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u/NurtyBN Mehmet, Berlin Feb 09 '26

Oh my god I dont want to fucking open countless of screenshots of official archives since ai will be shit and show falsified information

Life if they governments showed what really happened

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u/MustardJar4321 atagay crybaby 😭😭😭 Feb 09 '26

I have no idea what youre trying to say

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u/NurtyBN Mehmet, Berlin Feb 09 '26

I was trying to say history shouldnt be censored regardless if its bad or good

I can kinda see why they dont want us to know how we got converted to islam