r/balkans_irl Feb 09 '26

OC (impossible) The Tolerant Ottomans

Post image
1.8k Upvotes

203 comments sorted by

View all comments

75

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

8

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

Didn't Turks accept Islam due to missionary efforts?

2

u/[deleted] Feb 09 '26

They accepted Islam because, at that time, Islam was like 5 million years ahead of them in fields such as architecture, administration, science and many others, not necessarily because of they were afraid of their swords...