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The Story of Turkey: From Byzantium to the Ottoman Empire to Today — Fexingo History
The Princes in a Cage: Ottoman Fratricide and the Kafes
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In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the Ottoman practice of princely fratricide and its eventual evolution into the kafes system. They discuss how Mehmed the Conqueror formalized the killing of brothers to prevent civil war, the brutal reign of...
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