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Hrm, is this a possibility? I'd like to hear Abdul Hadi Pasha's opinion on that one. I would imagine it happening perhaps after the Battle of Manzikert? Maybe more Turks convert to Orthodoxy than in the OTL, and then later one of the major tribal leaders, or even a Christian Seljuk (of Rum) Monarch marries into the ruling family in Constantinople and then inherits the throne somehow?

What effects would this have on Turkish and Greek culture? What effects would it have on the Orthodox Church? Would the Turks likely just adopt standard Greek Orthodoxy, or would they have their own unique variation like many other cultures did? And what would be the greater effect on the Empire in general? Would it be stronger and more long last, as I figured? Or would this...somehow...cause it to fall even faster?

The exact POD I suppose is the most important thing. I'd prefer for the conversion/merger to happen as early as it can, preferably though after Manzikert and the civil war, and the Turkish migration to central Anatolia.
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