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I've been writing this TL where Germany, Russia and Italy form an alliance in the 1850s, completely screwing up the balance of power in Europe. One thing I was thinking of having happen was Russia, Germany and Italy completely eliminating Ottoman influence in the Balkans, with the Russians going so far as to annex Constantinople and force the Ottoman Empire entirely out of Europe.

In a situation where the Ottomans lose Constantinople and all their European territory, could the Ottoman Empire still survive as an exclusively-Asian entity?
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