Could the Ottoman Turks done better in the Indian Ocean?

Didn't Aceh at some point swear allegience to the Ottomans?

I could imagine the Ottomans doing well in Malaya and Sumatra, maybe a few naval bases around Ceylon and a firm grip on Oman. Gangbanging the Persians with their Mughal allies from time to time with whom they have a wonderful economic trading relationship.
 

Burakius

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hz. Yavuz Sultan Selim Han ,wanted to conquer Persia and then add India to it's empire to unify all the muslims. That didn't happened since he did only being 8 years sultan (but he did double the Ottoman territory in that short amount of time).

So if it's going to happen the most plausible way is Sultan Selim not dieing and conquering Persia. Then use the Persian knowledge to build superior merchant fleets? etc. etc.
 

Burakius

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Didn't Aceh at some point swear allegience to the Ottomans?

I could imagine the Ottomans doing well in Malaya and Sumatra, maybe a few naval bases around Ceylon and a firm grip on Oman. Gangbanging the Persians with their Mughal allies from time to time with whom they have a wonderful economic trading relationship.

Yes it allied Aceh at some point :). It was more symbolic however I think. Altho of course in those times there were alot of Arab merchants leaving from the Ottoman Empire to do business in Indonesia. The big difference is , that muslims in general never colonized places. Thus did not get (inhumane) profits from such places.
 
Regarding Europe, I'll say what I said before: The Ottomans did better in the Battle of Mohacs than they should've, not only kicking Hungary's ass but killing its king as well. This gave the Habsburgs a claim to the throne, and at this point Turkish entanglement became necessary. So you have to give Mohacs a slightly different outcome.
 
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