Ottoman Empire

The Ottoman Empire is a nation located in the Middle East which as rose to prominence after the downfall of Turkey in the Blackout. It has dominance over all of the Middle East, the East Half of North Africa, Somalia, Zanzibar, and the Caucasus Region.

## History

### Early History

One of the world's earliest permanently settled regions, present-day Turkey was home to important Neolithic sites like Göbekli Tepe, and was inhabited by ancient civilisations including the Hattians and Anatolian peoples. Hellenization started in the area during the era of Alexander the Great and continued into the Byzantine era. The Seljuk Turks began migrating in the 11th century, and the Sultanate of Rum ruled Anatolia until the Mongol invasion in 1243, when it disintegrated into small Turkish principalities. Beginning in the late 13th century, the Ottomans started uniting the principalities and conquering the Balkans, and the Turkification of Anatolia increased during the Ottoman period. After Mehmed II conquered Constantinople in 1453, Ottoman expansion continued under Selim I. During the reign of Suleiman the Magnificent, the Ottoman Empire became a global power. From the late 18th century onwards, the empire's power declined with a gradual loss of territories and wars. In an effort to consolidate the weakening empire, Mahmud II started a period of modernisation in the early 19th century. The 1913 coup d'état effectively put the country under the control of the Three Pashas, who were largely responsible for the Empire's entry into World War I in 1914. During World War I, the Ottoman government committed genocides against its Armenian, Assyrian and Pontic Greek subjects. After the Ottomans and the other Central Powers lost the war, the Ottoman Empire was partitioned. The Turkish War of Independence against the occupying Allied Powers resulted in the abolition of the Sultanate on 1 November 1922, the signing of the Treaty of Lausanne (which superseded the Treaty of Sèvres) on 24 July 1923 and the proclamation of the Republic on 29 October 1923. With the reforms initiated by the country's first president, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, Turkey became a secular, unitary and parliamentary republic.

### Blackout

Turkey's republic had fallen and the country had fallen and the country was in anarchy. Monarchists rose to power and put the Ottomans on the throne.

### Post-Blackout

The Ottomans then expanded into the Caucasus region which was still in chaos after the Blackout. The expansion was successful and the Ottomans then expanded into Arabia with success and they have then expanded into North Africa, Somalia and Zanzibar which resulted in them then creating their large Empire. The Monarchies of Jordan, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, The UAE, Qatar, The Sultanates of the Aden Protectorate, all the Sultanates of Somalia, Bahrain, Kuwait, Libya (which was located only in east Libya) and Egypt were restored as Ottoman Puppets.

The Ottomans were able to do this due to the fact that those regions were still in chaos after the Blackout. Sadly their years of conquest resulted in overstretching their Empire and now they are in the same situation they were before the fall of the Ottoman Empire of old which was ethnic tension.

## Government

### Executive Branch

The Government is a Constitutional Monarchy ruled by a Sultan who has ceremonial power over the people, institutions and military as the supreme ruler of the Empire. The ruling House of Osman like the Old Empire is unprecedented and unequaled in the Islamic world for its size and duration. The Government is dominated by a Grand Vizer Who is in charge of the Political Aspects of the Government and he is the most powerful person in the Empire other than the Sultan.

### Legislative Government

The Ottoman Empire's autonomus territories and Puppet States are dubbed as Vilayets in which each Autonomus region or Puppet State's rulers and leaders are represented by Valilers (Governors).

## Military

The Ottoman Empire's Army is a Feudal Army that is equipped with horses, guns and humvees and they have a naval force that patrols the Ottoman Seas. They are no match for Hindustan who is one of the powers in the Indian Ocean and in Asia, but they are considered by the Shah as formidable foes. The Army is really large and consists of many ethnic groups such as Turks, Kurds, Arabs, Africans, Shirazis, Armenians, Azerbajianis, Georgians, Caucasian Muslims and many more Muslim groups.