The Ottoman Empire was a country based in Turkey and the Balkans that existed from the fourteenth century to the twentieth century. It rose to prominence after sieging, capturing, and making a capital of the city of Constantinople, former capital of the Byzantine Empire. After the Fall of Constantinople in 1453, the Ottomans conquered most of the Balkans, as well as the Middle East and North Africa. Leading much of the world in technology for centuries, the Ottoman Empire was one of the most powerful nations on earth for long periods of time, as member Abdul Hadi Pasha will gladly tell you. AH.Commers adore the Ottoman Empire, because it is often seen as the successor state to the Byzantine Empire, which was in turn the successor state to the Roman Empire. As is the case with the other two Empires, the Ottomans are the topic of much discussion on AH.Com. Sadly, the Ottomans ceased to be shortly after WW1 for a variety of reasons.

Battle of Manzikert Points of Divergence

Challenge: Smaller, but more stable and longer lasting Ottomans

The effects of the Ottoman Empire never existing

No Ottomans

Ottoman Interregnum: Could the Ottomans have collapsed in the 1400s ?

Challenge: Ottoman Empire seen as a continuation of the Roman Empire

Tamerlan destroys the Ottoman Empire

WI: Osman II managed to disband the Janissaries ?

The Ottoman Domination

European-Ottoman Wars PODs

WI the Ottoman Europe became majority Muslim by 1600 ?

WI the Ottoman Empire moves further east ?

An idle thought on the Ottoman Turkish language

Arabic as official language of the Ottoman Empire ?* Suleyman I doesn't kill his son WI the Ottomans made it to America ? Know of any PODs or POD discussions ? Feel free to add them. ==== Post-1700 PoDs ==== Discussion on the Ottoman Empire's best case scenario Challenge: Have the Ottomans at the Congress of Vienna Plausibility check: Revolution in the Ottoman Empire WI : Muslim Patron for Ottoman Muslim subjects The Ottoman Empire surviving with a 19th century POD Discussion on the Ottoman Empire surviving to the modern day Discussion on the Ottoman Empire pulling a Meiji A TL about the Ottoman Empire reforming More discussion on a surviving Ottoman Empire Discussion on a more modernized Ottoman Empire Discussion on a resurgent Ottoman Empire Napoleonic partition of the Ottoman Empire Challenge: End the Ottoman Empire before 1850 Challenge: Break up Anatolia (preferrably between 1850 and 1900) Best point to destroy the Ottoman Empire in the early 19th century Challenge: Russo-Turkish rapprochement in the 19th century, after the Crimean War WI no Battle of Plevna? Reviving the idea of an Ottoman victory in 1877-78 The development of the Ottoman Empire with regards to oil production Challenge: Meiji Ottomans Ottoman Africa No Italo-Turkish War of 1911 Italians exploit Ottoman naval inferiority and defeat the Ottoman Navy in 1912 Know of any PODs or POD discussions ? Feel free to add them. ==== WWI PoDs ==== Short discussion on the Ottomans surviving WWI Discussion on the Ottomans surviving WWI Discussion about the Ottomans in a TL where the Central Powers win WWI Discussion about the Ottomans staying out of WWI Short discussion on an Ottoman Empire that joins the Allies in WWI More discussion on the Ottoman Empire in a world where the Central Powers win WWI Best case scenario for the Ottoman Empire ? Neutral Ottoman Empire in WWI? Neutral Ottoman Empire in WWI, WWI ends similarly WI early Ottoman peace in WWI Know of any PODs or POD discussions ? Feel free to add them. ==== Miscellaneous ==== The Ottoman Empire seen as a continuation of the Roman Empire ? Know of any PODs or POD discussions ? Feel free to add them. —- ==== See Also ==== Turkish Points of Divergence The Ottoman Empire Turkey Turkish Timelines and Scenarios Useful Resources about the Ottoman Empire —- ==== Navigation ==== List of Countries by POD Points of Divergence Main Directory**