Napolyon Bey Pasa

The Hanedad Napolyon was an important dynasty of grand viziers and prime ministers of the Ottoman Empire. What if the young Corsican attilery officer never went into the Ottoman Empire to become grand vizier in 1806 ? Would there be any progress and modernisation like in OTL ?
 
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If the french revolution is delayed by a few years (maybe no, or lesser, french intervention in the US war of independence, so financial crisis delayed by half a dozen years), then this will happen. Napoleon was in discussion to do just that with turkish envoy, IIRC; they were haggling on the rank he would get, when the revolution started and Napoleon thought he had better opportunities at home.
 
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