Isn't that just you know, Bulgaria?Inspired by the Ottomans rebelling from Orthodox Bulgaria and being an Orthodox kingdom in my EU3, I've thought of a question; could there exist an Orthodox Christian Turkish nation, and could it survive until the present day?
Bonus points if it's an off-shot of the Ottomans.
The Bulgarians speak a Slavic language.Isn't that just you know, Bulgaria?
Isn't that just you know, Bulgaria?
Of course, while Chuvash is a Turkic language, it's debatable if it's a Turkish one. Gagauz in contrast is essentially the same thing as Turkish.
Inspired by the Ottomans rebelling from Orthodox Bulgaria and being an Orthodox kingdom in my EU3, I've thought of a question; could there exist an Orthodox Christian Turkish nation, and could it survive until the present day?
Inspired by the Ottomans rebelling from Orthodox Bulgaria and being an Orthodox kingdom in my EU3, I've thought of a question; could there exist an Orthodox Christian Turkish nation, and could it survive until the present day?
Bonus points if it's an off-shot of the Ottomans.
Inspired by the Ottomans rebelling from Orthodox Bulgaria and being an Orthodox kingdom in my EU3, I've thought of a question; could there exist an Orthodox Christian Turkish nation, and could it survive until the present day?
Bonus points if it's an off-shot of the Ottomans.
Basically have a Turkish warlord convert to Christianity and marry a daughter of someone in the Byzantine political and military elite. Eventually a Turkish dynasty arises in the Byzantine Empire.
Corollary: The world does not work like Crusader Kings.
In the 13th century, when the Ottomans rose to power, there was significant Christian/Orthodox influence on them; the same applies to the other tiny Turkish regimes mushrooming during the decline of the Seldchuks.
The Gagauz are Orthodox, so there's a minor example.
Of course, while Chuvash is a Turkic language, it's debatable if it's a Turkish one. Gagauz in contrast is essentially the same thing as Turkish.
Getting an Orthodox Turkish offshoot of the Ottomans is almost ASB (the world did not work the way it does in EU3), and even getting an Orthodox Turkish state in former Byzantine territory is hard, since Turks who convert to Orthodoxy are likely to assimilate into the Orthodox Greek culture predominant in the region.