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Could the Taurus be a strong and defendible frontier assuming strong Mamluks and Safavids? Would this OE be even more european focused and more prone to islamization of it? Would it be viable long term? Would they have an easier time modernising with an incentive to exploit the balkans more efficiently and having less backward elites in far away provinces?