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My question comes from this situation... in 1517 the Ottomans conquered Egypt, so getting an access to the indian ocean. Is there a possible PoD which makes them capable to be rivals of the europeans in the Indian trade?

I'm not talking about full out colonization (but if you can), but is there a way to make them less focused on not so useful campaigns in Europe? I think over-stretching was a big cause of their decline and if we could have a more compact Ottoman empire with bigger power projection...
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