BootlegPopeye
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So Wikipedians took what seems to have been propaganda as historical fact because someone cited it on their shitty blog? Good to know they have quality.
Not shocked at all. I expect Suleiman the "Magnificent' is likewise whitewashed despite being a bloodthirsty conqueror who had an army of castrated slaves raised from childhood after being stolen from their parents. Articles on the Ottoman Empire are probably all patrolled regularly by Turkish Nationalists and Lefty types who want to whitewash that blight on the world.
Oh bad Ottoman revisionism has a nice long pedigree, there was even a story of the shitty Doctor Who TV show about the Crusaders, who were naturally depicted as bad but the Turks as wise and tolerant. Probably some of that earlier Ottomanphilia comes from latent Protestantism, who sometimes put the Turks in a favorable light because they had a shared Catholic opponent (however, popular sentiment at the time of the Ottoman wars was against this, and when the Turks lost the Battle of Lepanto, church bells in Lutheran lands also rang in celebration).
Slavery in the Ottoman Empire
A large percentage of officials in the Ottoman government were bought slaves,[8] raised free, and integral to the success of the Ottoman Empire from the 14th century into the 19th. Many slave officials themselves owned numerous slaves, although the Sultan himself owned by far the most.[5] By raising and specially training slaves as officials in palace schools such as Enderun, where they were taught to serve the Sultan and other educational subjects, the Ottomans created administrators with intricate knowledge of government, and fanatic loyalty. The male establishment of this society created links of recorded information, even though speculation is present for European writings.[further explanation needed] However, women played and held the most important roles within the Harem institution.
See! Women 'held the most important' role over other female sex slaves/rape victims. It was kinda-sorta progressive slavery!