JANISSARIES: Elite Soldiers of the Ottoman Sultan I INVINCIBLE WARRIORS
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- Welcome to another episode of "Invincible Warriors" on Highstory!
In this captivating installment, we dive deep into the heart of the Ottoman Empire to unveil the mystique surrounding the Janissaries. These elite soldiers were not just the backbone of the Ottoman military, but they also played an integral role in shaping the very fabric of the empire.
🛡 Key Points in this Video:
The origins of the Janissaries: From captured Christian boys to the Sultan's elite guard.
The rigorous training and discipline that set them apart.
Their pivotal role in the significant battles and sieges that expanded the Ottoman territories.
The complex interplay between politics, faith, and military duty within the Janissary ranks.
The eventual decline and legacy of this once invincible force.
Did you know? The Janissaries were one of the first standing armies in the world to use firearms in battle. Learn more fascinating facts and delve into thrilling battle accounts in this comprehensive look at the Janissaries.
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In this episode of our "Invincible Warriors" series, we examine in depth the Janissaries, the legendary elite warriors of the Ottoman Empire.
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initially they are the best warriors in the expansion of islamic sultanates. It's just like the best commandos in modern army. but after so long times, so wide areas, its starts corrupted. some explained its internal conspiracy by internal administration in the new territories. the central power loose control at the far territories. later it spread and become worsen and exploited by the enemies to weakened the sultanate power. at the end the sparks rebellion among young generations because this group control by certain group or clan, and starts independence movement among other muslim territories.
Unfortunate that you need to glorify the subjugation of Christians
Brother how create this video
Mostly non ottoman, they used serbian kids to fight their wars
What a load of bollocks. You present it as if it was an honour for an 8 year old to be taken from their family and join the training and the ranks.😂 These were hundreds of thousands of abducted Christian mainly Greek children from their families. The epitomy of misanthropism in a word. Jenissaries. Kids that were turned against their own kind and families. Children that were turned into islamic weapons. I wonder why that sounds familiar even today?
“What a wonderful army will that army be”
“What a wonderful leader will the leader be.”
Allahu AKBAR. Rest In Peace FATIH SULTAN MEHMET HAN. Thank you Sultan, because of your courage, and the Help of ALLAH, the of the Islam, the flag of the Turks is still flying on the soil of Constantinople to this day.
It can be said that Sokullu (Sokolovic) Mehmet Pasha is the most well-known and respected among the Ottoman grand viziers. He was a Janissary and was educated at the Palace school due to his superior intelligence and abilities. He served as grand vizier during the reigns of Suleiman the Magnificent, Selim II and Murat III. He was married to the daughter of Selim II. One of his brothers was the high priest of the Serbian church. His father and other siblings became Muslims. They lived in Istanbul. He was one of the most influential and successful statesmen in the world of his time.
Indeed. He's the most powerful Sadra azam vizier. He control the world. But Christian always spin make stories their own. Selim ll never shadowed by mehmed pasa. I hope Muslim worlds didn't believe everything what Christian thought
@@ejayaziz470 Disagree, kporulu Mehmed Pasha was the most powerful Grand Vizier of Ottoman Empire.
@@ejayaziz470 I understand your concern. Sokullu Mehmed Pasha was a person who devoted himself to the Islamic Religion. He did not miss his daily prayers. Like all Ottoman bureaucrats, he had an extremely serious, even frightening, dignity towards foreigners. At this time, the total number of Janissaries was less than 12,000. Some of them would be in large centers outside Istanbul. The main power of the Ottoman Empire was the Muslim Turks and the relatively small number of other Turkish-speaking Muslim nations.
@@kavvameSokullu Mehmed Pasha was influenced by Birgivi who was influenced by Ibn Taymiyya' who was a 'Salafi'. So, I don't believe that he was such popular and loved...
When I think of Janissaries, three things come to my mind: 1)mustache 2)courage 3)mehter...
And tall hats
Also their balls made of steel, which's marinieted in the frost of Varna. 🤘🏻🇹🇷
4) Feteh
Forced conversion
Forced conversion
Forced conversion
@@commodusmeridius4718 . You mean like western did with hundreds of million black African's change their religion to Christianity and names from kunta kinte to Tom and Steve or you mean like western almost wiped out native Indians of Australia Canada new Zealand and Latin America and USA
I can't believe my eyes!!! A history channel that can narrate impartially, and they're Christians. Thank you!!!
90% of Janissaries was Serbs, Christians
@@MT19854 No. They were taken from christian homes but later every single jannisarry became Muslim
@@MT19854 subjugated by the Turks.
They became true Muslims. So do you call people who converted Christian too? And they defeated the Christians, the crusaders
No dude it's not impartial.He calls the steppe tactic of fake retreat, which was widely used by the Ottoman Empire, a defeat and thinks that only the janissaries saved the day.No wonder the Turks repeatedly led their ancestors into this trap
Again and again, the Yeniceri, were not the elite in the ottoman armed forces, their job was mainly the same as the Praetorian Guard from the Roman Empire. The elite force in the ottoman army and who joined crucial operations were the Akıncılar which evidently had a huge impact on operations from the ottoman army for sensitive tasks before, during the battle and behind enemy lines.
anan elitti anan. cok elit bir kisilikti senin anan.
Osmanlının bir sürü askeri kolu var.O büyük meydan muharebeleri kuşatmalar 6bin kişiyle sonlandırılabilecek bir şey değil zaten.Aslında rahat 200-300 yıl gücün sebebi Topçu birlikleriydi.Onun yanında dediğiniz gibi Akıncılar Deliler Serdengeçenler gibi özel birlikler de vardı.Burada Türk olmadıkları için fazla övüldüklerini düşünüyorum :)
Correct,and this was a last stand and most of them were eunicks hence the shortened term of service, well trained yes,and it failed to mention the fact that they overthrew the caliphate
Daca vorbesti de akingii, erau o cavalerie neregulata, usoara folosita in raiduri de prada si de cercetare in timpul campaniilor otomane. Nu era deloc de elita si au fost exterminati in timpul campaniei din 1595 la giurgiu de catre mihai viteazul. De elita erau ienicerii si spahii.
hani en elitini arıyorsak Kapıkulu Sipahileridir o ayrı da akıncılar nasıl en elit oluyor amk adamlar kendi imkanları ile teçhiz oluyorlar
My wife last name is giannezzero , her father used to tell her that their name came from jiannezzeries , I guess maybe her great , great , great grandfather was one 😢😮
where is your wife from ? italy ?
@@adnancarolina2397 she is American 🇺🇸 her father is second generation Italian
Second generation Italian from Moena maybe ? That would explain the name. You can check "El Turco Moena" or "the Moena El Turco Festival" and the story that lays behind. Interesting stuff.
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Come to Islam my brother ! ☪️
@@bill5931 why should he
No, power on the face of the planet lasts forever, everything has a beginning and end, glory be to the creator of the heavens and the earth, may Allah grant them Jannah and have mercy on them,
At that time, every family had many children and families gave their children voluntarily because they had more chances and duration of life in the Ottoman Empire.
That sounds delulu. Balkan Christians to this day carry resentment and bitterness for the stealing of their children by Ottomans in order for them to be raised as Muslim warriors and return to oppress the very people that they hail from.
I wonder if you would feel the same way if Israel took away Palestinian children and raised them as Jewish IDF soldiers, so that they can keep subjugating the Palestinians. Could we then characterize that as Palestinians having many children and so they donated some to the Israelis so the kids can have a better chance at life?
Cite your sources, not your opinion.
Turkish propaganda. Would you voluntarily give your son away knowing he would be converted to Christianity and trained to fight Muslims? Use logic.
Τι λέτε? Τα έπαιρναν με την βία.
Στην Ελλάδα γνωρίζουμε.
Οι γενίτσαροι ήταν παιδιά ελληνικών οικογενειών και κάποια Σλάβων.
ένας λόγος που επαναστατησαμε ,εμείς οι Έλληνες,ήταν ότι μας περνάτε τα παιδιά μας δια της βίας,τα αγόρια για γενιτσαρους και τα κορίτσια ιερόδουλες στα χαρέμια σας.
They were taken at young age,gjven to noble turkish family. From young age they were trained heavily.
Janissaries are not just soldiers. It's an Order. They were police, palace guard, soldier in battlefield.
some became pasha (minister)
And Vezir
Also Sufi order
They were taken from home?
@@a.t.822 Yes. This system was called as blood Tax.
Its actually Yeniçeri in Turkish. The word Janissary derives from the Turkish word yeniçeri. Great video! Also look up Deliler they were before the Yeniçeri establishment.
Yes the meaning of Yeniceri is 'new soldiers'
yeni=new çeri= soldier yeniçeri= new soldier
Jannisaries were only 5% of the whole ottoman army.. the power of the ottoman army were akinci who were a small pelotons and the division sipahi who penetrated the enemy with heavy armor
I think you mean Sipahi not Akinci.
at least %10-15. And it depends on the era but never %5.
What matters is quality, not quantity
I'm taking my place as one of the first 633 subscribers.Great episode, great voice-over and visual narration
Amazing voice cover and animation
Can't resist to subscribe
what do you mean
Unlike what was portrayed in Hollywood movies, families were looking forward to have their child to be taken as part of janissary training. The chance of higher mortality rate and having a lavish, successful life were something these families hoping to get. It's a secured future
Sure...still a slave, fighting for another country, another faith, quite possibly against your own. But, yeah, families "looked foward" to servitude...uh huh. Get out of here with that tripe.
@@Embrachu Their countries were already under Ottoman's dominion...Thats why there were many generals and ministers from European background
@@Embrachu Turks are coming back to rule the world !!!!! Run boy Runnnnnn save your miserable life ! 😂
Stop the propaganda. Would you voluntarily give your son away knowing he would be converted to Christianity and trained to fight Muslims? Use logic.
And million Armenians commited suicide it was not a genocide right?? Also Balkan states vere super happy and excited to be conquered by Ottomans ! Unbelievable how Turks are trying to rewrite history
Possibly most priveledge corps of Ottoman army were Solaklar meaning left handeds and then Baltacılar meaning Men using axes. Solaklar, they protect directly sultan. They basically move with Sultan, live with Sultan. They are always around Sultan very close to him. Even grand veziers can not pass them. They managed Sultans visitors. They were part of Baltacılar core which basically protect Palace, sultans family, inner chanbers. These were selected from jannisaries. Most common features of these guards was that they were literally huge. Generally as tall as 2m. You can visit Topkapı Palace and see their chambers. Their seats are so high if you are not around 2m, your legs will not touch the floor when you sit
Clever ones were put to a specially school called enderun which is some kind of univercity in the palace and they become high ranking goverment officials, veziers, grand veziers.
Görselleri , anlatımı , ilginç bilgileri ve gayet düzgün bir Türkçe ile olan çevirisiyle güzel bir video olmuş. İzlerken alıp götürüyor
My roots are coming from Janissery ancestors from Varna Bektasi Ocak.My grand mother was remembering to giant Janisery sword on the wall of house.
Kılıç sizdemi şimdi?
@@user-ud6gb8xe4x Yok anneanem çocukken sadece hatırlıyor duvardaki Kılıcı.
Great work 💯
Cool and interesting video on the Ottomans elite warriors, well narrated too. Thanks for sharing 👍
Even if you hate the ottoman empire and you are from the Balkan, you still must be proud to be a jannissary it’s like the gladiators
*Thank you for such an inspiring video clip*
*Looking forward to more*
I love the Ottoman Empire 👌👍
There reason that christian kids were selected that Ottoman sultans wanted absolute loyalty. Kids from Turkish families would never be able to break apart from their families, strong noble families would influence conscriptions, promotion and would plaque the system etc. Ottoman sultans other than initial period, married to slave women who had no bond to anybody, so that these women would not seek favor for their families. Ottomans achieved this absolute loyalty for a long time. Ottomans did not allow nobelty. There was only one true royalty that was Ottoman Dynasty. All other things had to be achieved by hard work and by sultans grace. Grand veziers, veziers were crazy rich and these were boys coming from devsirme system.
Exactly, in the battle of Beyazıt and Timur Turks chose the Turkish side.
true.
My friend, thanks for this great video and very nice narrative! 99% is right! Very good work 💪👍👍However, the greatest attack human warriors force was the AKINCI’s and especially the DELI’s.
Janissaries (yeniçeri) were the special protecting force of Sultan and maintaining the security in the Payitaht (capital).
😉
That was very interesting, i never heard of them before, they were well looked after and very clever about hygiene. No wonder they were strong and able. Clever too. Im hooked.
great videos
Good video, thank you man
Some of the most famous Janissaries include George Kastrioti Skanderbeg, an Albanian feudal lord who defected and led a 25‑year Albanian revolt against the Ottomans.
Let's correct a mistake. Sultan Murad, the retreat tactic in the Battle of Varna is a Turkish war tactic that has been going on for thousands of years. The name of this tactic is "Ricad". A fake retreat used to attract the enemy on the battlefield. In many Ottoman wars, this Ricad is described as if the Ottomans were losing, their army was losing, but they won the war at the last moment. I think this stems from ignorance about the doctrines of war.
In addition, the Ottoman elite army was not only Janissaries. The number of Janissaries in the army was maximum 10%. The main striking force of the Ottoman Empire was the Sipahis, Akincis, Deliler and Kapıkulu Infantry.
Even when a sultan comes to the throne, his name was written as the 1st janissary in the janissary notebook, he is assigned as the 1st janissary. In the battlefield, no one can reach the sultan until the last janissary dies. A janissary can be executed only by another janissary.
I hope the muslims can be united again and reach this same as before it was possible ❤ Real Hero the Ottomans
Ameen
Need more info on that new military unit mentioned at the end
Akinci sipahi korps
if you think Janissaries were great you should go after DELILER Direct translation: : Crazy
Nice video thank you man
Greatest of all empires the OTTOMANS !! 🇹🇷💪🏻🇧🇦
amazing work 👏
El Turco, the famous Janassari of Italian village of Morena still he is still celebrated today
Anyone here after playing with Turkish Janissaries in Age of empires 2?!
They were mainly recruited from the teritory of Bulgaria and Serbia .......as a blood tax....
Actually there were better soldier group called Akıncı, they were frontiers who pass behind enemy lines and break their supply lines. But they were smaller groups of soldiers but much more skilled fighters.
Richest warrior in the history, many warrior fighting for nothing but this warrior was different they paid by gold
Dedemin dedesinin babası Osmanlı ordusunda Yeniçeri ağası Ömer Esed paşadır.Pençegahlı imzası ve seceresi vardır…Babamın dedesi ise Şeyhülislam islam Hayri efendi ki Kendisi Sultan Vahideddinin Torunuydu..Baba ve ana tarafından saraylıyız.Not Dedem devşirme yeniçerilerden değildi…
This channel has only 2,7k subscribers, that’s crazy 😭
The majority of Jannissairy came from Albania, they grow up Bektashi, their Symbols were the Kazan (kettle) the name of the Hoouse-Baraks, the Bektashis sleeve on the head and the spoon (symbol for the eating on the same Kazan.. the same fate.)
The movie Count Dracula is actually a fictionalised adaptation of a Count in eastern Europe who fought back against recruitment by the ottomans
Today it is the Bordo Bereliler 🇹🇷
this also happened prior to battle of varna , in civil wars between mehmed celebi and musa celebi , mehmed celebi has the upperhand with both wings are winning and musa is about to retreat prematurely making the jannissaries corps think it was tactical move only to make mehmed does frontal assault againts them and turned the tide the battle instanly
GREATEST ARMY IN THE HISTORY
Thanks
is it only me who is hearing Agent 47 speaking
😃😁😁
That's it! I was wondering why the narrator sounds so familiar 😂
@highstory At 2.00 Map shown is not covering Albania, on same scene you can see writing that recruitment was focus on Albanians! Please explain this Contradiction .
bravery comes from faith in Allah they were brave cuz they were Muslim
Sorry but Jannisarries was only bodyguard and executionist of Sultan's order. Tunnellers, builders, army musicians are unrelated to Jannisarries. Jannissaries reach the highest number at 2. Wien siege which were about 15-20 thousands. And most of them was security chamber around the Pasha.
Another military section which is often mixed with Jannisarries as called Basibozuk (broken in the head). This unit was counted as irregular soldiers and they have to earn their own money. They can be thought as freelancers, have certain rights of course but usually extremely talented soldiers who believe they can make their own living by themselves. Most of the stories mixed them with Jannisaries because they were kinda wearing similar but not same clothes to spread fear the enemy they fight.
For example in Wien, the infamous church, St Stephan has Turkish soldier on its wall. Most people believe its a Jannisarry but actually a Başıbozuk. A nomadic Turkish hair style and some other details make me sure he was certainly Bashibozuk.
Ottoman's army mostly consisted of Sipahis, Akıncı soldiers and rest follows that in smalller numbers.
Janisarries were only infantry part of Priveledged Slave Haushold troops. There were more priviledged corps such as Kapıkulu Suvarileri meaning roughly Slave Household Cavallary. These were comharable to Europian knights, best horses, best armors, best traning., like jannisaries.
the narrator of this video makes the janissaries more amazing.
Look like Agent 47 works as a voice actor in his free time....
The right pronunciation is Yeni Cheri which means New Army. It was not founded by Osman Ghazi. There are 2 sources. Most of the historians would say the Yenicheri ( romanized Janissaries ) were founded by the sultan Murad I. while others would say by his father Orkhan Ghazi. their numbers fluctuated and had never been fixed to 6000 as the video is mentioning, over the years they were allowed to marry and have kids which were drafted in the Yeni-cheri hence their numbers and influence increased. Their total number went up to 30 or 40.000 soldiers during some Sultan's reign. unfortunately the corrupted Ottoman system infected the Yeni-Cheri their numbers diminished down the road and Mahmoud II surrounded their barracks around 1826 and bombarded them in what was called the Auspicious event , which was in reality a slaughter. over 7000 Yeni-Cheri were killed the rest executed. Only a minority escaped or was imprisoned or banned. He formed a new army called the Mansoury army including the Sepahi Cavalry.
Your grandfather is you ancestors your father is your lineage turkeys military world renowned
A dynasty harvested kids convert them sent to schools tesch 2 or 3 languages and enlisted them as judiciaries commanders as dynastys guards same policy of roman empire thats how dynasties survived in feudal system it is very impressive such merchsnary cultures history all ended by dpring of nations in 1840s people rebelled against monarchy people first time ppl started to privilidged voting right thsys why peoples hisyory sysryed in mid 1800 toll than it was feudsl system n merchsnarie culture beside slavery
Pasukan elit muslim yang di kabarkan Rasulullah Saw....
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The invincible soldiers who were repeatedly defeated by the Arbër warriors of the mighty Skanderberg. 🤷🏻♂️ FACTS
The best infantry soldier ever
Ey düşmani Muhammedi
Siz küfrani
Biz şükrani
Siz bir taraf
Biz bir taraf
TRT Belgesel'in metnini bire bir kopyalamanız hoş değil sadece görüntü eklenmiş.
Equivalent to Templers Knights on other side of Europe, probably???
Great warriors both sides.
Actually no not the Templars .. Their real enemies were “ The Religion” the Knights Hospitallers…who was better well Siege of Malta answered that question 1565! … 6000 Maltese and knights ( of which only 600 were knights ) vs 35000 to 40000 Ottomans (6000 of which were Janissaries) … well let’s say there used to be a saying in Turkish … Malta Yok … That’s what Suliman the Magnificent ordered be said when his entire army ( including almost all Janissaries) were wiped out… “Malta does not exist” used to deny the existence of a reality …
When I see janissaries I think of AC REVELATION
most badass soldiers wasnt jannisaries in the ottoman armies there were better and more powerfull soldiers such as Deliler and Serdengeçti
Yep, Janissaries were not the most prominent and heavy weight armed units in the Ottoman Empire. They were the 'Sipahis'.
Sipahis were the cavalry units equipped with the most powerful arms of the time; they were like the armoured brigades of modern armies.
Deliler and Serdengecti were the units attempting the most daring attacks to the enemy; they were like commando/suicide units in modern times.
In AC REVELATION it is hard to kill janissaries
They were an infantry force
very interessant!§
Most Jannisaries were Greeks and Albanese token from childs by force to serve the ottoman army
Recruiting them was a bit mildly put, lot of times they were kidnapped
lol silly greek
Janissaries were also made out of abducted Greek children; old stories of how brothers were met in the battlefield as opposing foes, one turned muslim, the other still christian, recognized only by a family golden neck cross chain…makes one shiver to such a prospect if the stories are true…Their source of power was simply that they were turned, they were not Ottoman!!
What’s the name of the song at 09:05
name of the song "plevne marşı " this is my favourite version czcams.com/video/TooTjofiJXo/video.html
@@Rekzihilal thank you so much
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@@kazimkorkmaz 09:05 diyo
Tiger of ottoman empire
Today again state Al jahid Al jahid Al jahid
Ghaznian sultan Mahmood had the 'laat's'. They only fought wars!
Eine unter der janitscharen war auch Gjergj Kastrioti
I wonder how the elite Mamluk fighters would have done against the Janissaries
They have been destroyed man
Both Turks' armies..
Your should know the answer already.Janissaries completely destroyed egypt in a year.
@@oguzmergun they fought a weakened Mamluk state. The Mamluks who fought the crusaders and mongols were an elite fighting group
Janissaries and the Ottoman army were using Powder and were ahead of their time. Mamluks were formidable warriors but they had never seen cannon before thus destroyed in a year and became part of the Ottomans.
Good ❤❤❤
2:07 Ottoman flag is wrong
They were male children under the age of 5 initially, mainly from Macedonia and Bosnia and the healthiest ones. They were trained in a military camp in Konye, Anatolia. The training lasted for 15 years.
The parents of the male children usually would chop a portion of the child's smallest finger in order not to be taken from them. Then those children were considered " not fit " to become janissaries
Janissaries comprised 20% of the Ottoman army
5 процентов.Их всего то было 6000чел.Не больше.
Serbia
They were from albania ,serbia,bosnjia,greece not from macedonia
They were not from random villages, most of them were orphans?
sound like from hitman game
It's Yeni Çeri. Yeniçeri. Janisary os wrong. At least say yenichery.
I think the Sadukars from Dune are inspired from them.
47? did you retired from being a hitman to become a voice actoe?
Janissaries were a balloon army.. They were simply bodyguards of the sultans who never relied on Turks.. that is why they were chosen from Christian families and all their ties with families were cut.. the only master was the Ottoman Sultan..
All the success on the battle field always belonged to "Timarli Sipahis" who were Turkish and during peace time worked in agriculture...
So janissaries are just a fairy tale..
ne güzel saçmalamışsın kardeşim ya. Hangi kaynaktan aldın bu bilgileri? Hangi tarihçi Türk yada yabancı yeniçeriler balondu dedi? Hayatında hiç kitap okudun mu?
wth, please make sure you lower music when speaking. Even though I want to watch the video but its a total mess. Take it as feedback.
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The problem is how they were aquiered it brought pain and created hate from their families they often had to fight their own people also.
Mehmed pasha Sokolovic should have been mentioned.😊
@@kazimkorkmaz we didn't hear the same in Bulgaria. In fact, it was the opposite in the history books. Do you maybe want to elaborate?
@@kazimkorkmaz Kazım 🤣my fabrication? You are living in a false woaarld beybisi. Go to Bulgaria and have a look at the history books taught at school.
And this empty confidence tho.
All you said is false.
@@kazimkorkmaz Kazım burda dank dunk ötme ya gitmişsin Almanya'ya git Almanya'daki diasporanla ilgilen balkanlar sana göre değil, sen daha benin ne dediğini anlamamissin boşver.
@@kazimkorkmaz Kazım sen daha ne ddedigimi anlamamissin sen balkanlari bosver. Birak da o konuda biz Balkan Türkleri konusalim.
@@kazimkorkmaz bak şimdi doğru bı laf ettin büyür edelim seni bgristana bulgarlara söyle bunu😃😁
I wonder how other faiths would feel if their children being forcefully taken away, converted to a foreign religion, and used as enemy soldiers was glorified
they were not in the 21st century with lgbt leading the world. they were all glad to be part as most families were raising their kids with the hope that kids would be chosen one day
@@Joseph009 I'm pretty sure there is No one who would enjoy a foreign state taking their kids away from them, changing their religion, and raising their kids to be used as enemy soldiers
Keep in mind that Ottoman Empire was the only major empire where a slave boy could have the chance to raise to become even Grand Vizier, who is second in power only to the Sultan.
When Christian boys are harvested, the most intelligent ones were being sent to Enderun school which was providing the highest quality of education in the world at that time. Upon graduation, they were accepting high profile roles in the empire, and could even become Grand Viziers. Therefore knowing this, many Christian families were actually sending their boys voluntarily to the Ottomans where they would have a much better chance, rather than rotting at the harsh farming fields, fighting with infectious diseases and enduring raids from neighouring villages and countries etc..
And those not selected for Enderun, were being sent to Janissary Corps to be trained as hard core combat units in the empire and would become 'Kapikulu', i.e a kind of personal guardians of the Sultan and was only answerable to the Sultan.
They enjoyed many privileges which were not necessarily available to other subjects of the empire.
@@lonelywolf1480 The White slave owners had similarly good reasoning for separating Black children from their parents. Black children being 'harvested' by White slave owners for the betterment of the slaves, better food, they could even gain their own freedom and become slave owners themselves. What a magnificent future they must have looked to ! I hope others who read this can see the absurdity of your arguments when you argue like this
Mate that is a poor analogy.
We are not talking about just free foods and freedom here.
Janissaries enjoyed privileges that were not enjoyed by other members of the empire.
Also, were any black slaves given access to an excellent education system, and had a chance to become prime ministers (similar to Grand Visiers)?
Janissaries had to power to even dethrone the Sultans. Any example of black slaves having the power to change the presidents?
Ottoman borders were larger
And crayzies
JANÍZAROS
Agent 47???
I'm thinking the same... it's David betteson
Ai
Pa sto su pobegli prikom opsade beca-wien ? 35000 husara protiv 270000 turaka .
Please Persian language 🙏
many were also turkish orphans, the Ottomans actually called themselves the sultanate of Rome.