Best Possible Turkey After 1815

What is the best case scenario for a Turkish state with a POD after the end of the Napoleonic Wars? I'm specifically looking for a Turkey that wields more power on the international stage than in OTL; whether that's accomplished by a larger economy, a stronger military, a larger territory, etc., is up to you.

I also don't have any particular expectations about the form of government, so it could be a democratic Turkey, a military dictatorship, an Islamic state, a continued Ottoman Empire or even a monarchy under a different dynasty. (I suspect, however, that giving the Turks a better situation in the 1800's will greatly increase the chances of an Ottoman survival).

Edit: My only other stipulation is that this ATL state control at least the boundaries of OTL Turkey in 2015, and is widely perceived in its world as a nation-state for the Turkish people (or at least, in the case of a multicultural empire, a state largely dominated by the Turks).
 
Probably modernize the army
Win the Balkan wars (or atleast don't lose Bulgaria and Thrace)

Accept Armenians and kurds.

Keeping the entire Balkan is impossible
So does keeping arabia. (Probably Syria is possible) nationalist and stuff will stop you

And stay away from world wars
 
If you can align a diplomatic situation where Western Europe is indifferent or too preoccupied to do anything about Greek independence, you can crush a dangerous precedent for the Ottoman Empire early on. If you can collapse the idea of a balance of power or just burn the league of three emperors down in violent flames then more inter-european conflict will buy the Ottomans some much needed time to reform. Assuming they're smart enough to stay out. At which point the Ottomans maintaining control of everything from Tunis to Baghdad and all of Arabia isn't far fetched. There's a TL that features an Ottoman Empire surviving off a POD in 1877 with the above land, so I'm optimistic about some additional expansion being possible in that time. And remember that the more time ticks on, the stronger the Ottomans will get off of oil. To the point where their being a superpower in the 20th century is very plausible, IMO.
 
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