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The Janissary Mutinies: When the Empire's Soldiers Became Its Enemy
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Episode The Janissary Mutinies: When the Empire's Soldiers Became Its Enemy
In this episode, we look at the dangerous shift in Ottoman power during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. We explore how the Janissary corps, once the elite fighting force of Sultan Mehmed II, became a political kingmaker through violent mutinies. Lucas walks us through key uprisings led by figures like Abdülhalim Pasha and the chaos of the Yanık Köşk fire. Luna asks about the economic pressures and the millet system's role in this instability. We examine the Köprülü dynasty's attempts to restore order and the Treaty of Zsitvatorok's aftermath. This story reveals how military privilege can turn against the state that created it, leading to the decline of imperial authority in Istanbul.
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