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**Fausqueuego** · 08-13-2011, 03:00 AM

Are you for real, evon? The Ottoman Empire oppressed merely with regard to religion. Some few examples:

#The enslavement of Christian children and women (not Muslim children or women)
#Forcing Christian citizens to pay extra taxes 'Jizya' (not Muslim citizens)
#Supporting Muslim 'militias' within the Empire to destroy and eliminate Christian lands

Why do you think there are 20 million Kurds in Turkey but not 20 million Armenians, Greeks or Assyrians in Turkey?

i was merely trying to avert the discussion back to topic from religion (but yes you are partly right), both empires oppressed people for various reasons through history, the Ottomans had more religious diversity in their empire then most, another empire with similar diversity is the Russian empire, but i did not want to topic to go so off topic... if you open another thread on this topic i would be glad to discuss it further...

08-13-2011, 03:00 AM	#39
Fausqueuego Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 416 Senior Member	Are you for real, evon? The Ottoman Empire oppressed merely with regard to religion. Some few examples: #The enslavement of Christian children and women (not Muslim children or women) #Forcing Christian citizens to pay extra taxes 'Jizya' (not Muslim citizens) #Supporting Muslim 'militias' within the Empire to destroy and eliminate Christian lands Why do you think there are 20 million Kurds in Turkey but not 20 million Armenians, Greeks or Assyrians in Turkey? i was merely trying to avert the discussion back to topic from religion (but yes you are partly right), both empires oppressed people for various reasons through history, the Ottomans had more religious diversity in their empire then most, another empire with similar diversity is the Russian empire, but i did not want to topic to go so off topic... if you open another thread on this topic i would be glad to discuss it further...
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