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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).
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