Is it bad to be interested in the Ottoman Empire?

[Not David]

Like the culture, language, and costumes?

I ask mainly because of its issues with Orthodoxy.

 

[MariaJLM]

Nope, imo. I have a bit of an interest in Ottoman history myself. I just find it overall pretty fascinating. Plus they had some cool aesthetics.

 

[Varangian Christian]

No, why should it be? All history is good to study.

 

[Not David]

Nope, imo. I have a bit of an interest in Ottoman history myself. I just find it overall pretty fascinating. Plus they had some cool aesthetics.

Yeah, I am planning to wear an Ottoman Sultan costume in the future but some of my Greek friends might not like it.

 

[MariaJLM]

Yeah, I am planning to wear an Ottoman Sultan costume in the future but some of my Greek friends might not like it.

It's just a costume so I think as long as you make that clear things should be okay. I mean, Ottoman clothing looks awesome.

 

[Not David]

No, why should it be? All history is good to study.

Well, the Ottoman Empire supported Islam and they make Orthodox life more difficult.

 

[MariaJLM]

Well, the Ottoman Empire supported Islam and they make Orthodox life more difficult.

I think it's important for Orthodox in particular to study Ottoman history, considering we have at least one Ottoman Turkish saint.

 

[Not David]

I think it's important for Orthodox in particular to study Ottoman history, considering we have at least one Ottoman Turkish saint.

Ahmed the Calligrapher?

 

[MariaJLM]

Ahmed the Calligrapher?

Yes. He's the one I was referring to.

 

[ArmyMatt]

there is also a saint whose epithet is "the Turk." every culture can be baptized and made Orthodox, even the most hostile.

 

[~Anastasia~]

I was surprised to realize how ethnically Ottoman the Greeks have become. I have considered the fact that in a sense, the Greeks "conquered" the occupying Turks, seeing as how in many cases the offspring of the Turks are now Christian ...

 

[Chesterton]

Yeah, I am planning to wear an Ottoman Sultan costume in the future but some of my Greek friends might not like it.

Mind if I ask what the occasion to wear that costume will be?

 

[Not David]

Mind if I ask what the occasion to wear that costume will be?

Not sure yet, I like wearing costumes.

 

[Chesterton]

Not sure yet, I like wearing costumes.

You could dress as one of the Sultans of Swing. Less flashy, but also less controversial.

 

[TheLostCoin]

I would argue that it’s important - especially studying the psychology and methodology the government and population were utilizing to commit genocide against the Armenians and the Greeks, such that it isn’t repeated.

 

[buzuxi02]

The people who inhabit Anatolia are not true Turks. Turks are a collection of mongol tribes such as the Uighur, Tuvan and Yakuts. etc.
Anatolian Turks are predominately Greeks and Armenians that converted to Islam. Here are a pair of Turkish sisters singing a song in their native dialect which is Pontic Greek (Romeyka), in other words they are islamized greeks:

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=1018350791697044

 

[buzuxi02]

Villages where Romaika is still spoken in Turkey. Note the commenters on the YT video with Turkish Muslim names claiming they either speak it or it was the native language of their grandparents:


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[buzuxi02]

Turkish muslims returning to their Armenian roots:
Armenian Muslims Living in Turkey are Returning to Christianity · Journey To Orthodoxy