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The Janissary Revolts: When the Elite Guard Turned on the Sultan
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Episode The Janissary Revolts: When the Elite Guard Turned on the Sultan
They were the sultan's most feared warriors, recruited through the devshirme system, raised in the palace, and forbidden to marry or own property. But by the 17th century, the Janissaries had become kingmakers — and the Ottoman Empire's greatest internal threat. In this episode, Lucas and Luna trace the arc from the corps' founding under Murad I through the 1622 regicide of Osman II, the 1703 Edirne Event, the 1807 Alemdar Mustafa Pasha incident, and finally Mahmud II's 1826 Auspicious Event — when the sultan dissolved the Janissaries with cannon fire. Along the way, they explore how the corps' economic privileges, resistance to reform, and political meddling dragged the empire toward stagnation. A story of loyalty, rebellion, and the cost of refusing to change.
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