"The Red Sultan," "the Bloody Sultan," "the Monster of Yildiz," "Abdul the Damned," "Scourge of God," "Degenerate Tyrant," "Wolf Guarding the Sheepfold"... the guy clearly had a lot of enemies.
Season 2: The Young Turks - Revolutions of the Ottoman Collapse, pt. 2
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Published 09/17/24
With the help of Bulgarians, Serbs, Romanians, Montenegrins, and Greeks, the Russian imperial army would sweep through Ottoman Bulgaria, liberating town after town. But once the Russians reached the gates of Constantinople, the Great Powers (predictably) began to get a wee bit nervous.
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Published 07/10/24