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What would you say if, for example, Azeris or Tatars converted to Christianity during Russian Empire's times? You would call them "traitors" or would you say that it's "their free will" to change religion?This is romanticism, not history.
"President Pál Schmitt stated that he considered being under Ottoman rule for 200 years as an opportunity. He added that had his country remained under the rule of another nation, his country would have been forced to convert to another religion and speak another language and thus would ultimately be assimilated.
According to Hungarian author Kald Nagy; Hungarian documents show that Ottoman Empire collected tax 7 million akçe and invested 21 million akçe in Hungary."
As what former president said, had Balkans and Central Europe remained under the rule of another nation, they would simply have been forced to convert to another religion and speak another language and thus would ultimately be assimilated.
Those are countries and how long they remained under Ottoman rule, order:
Bulgaria: 545 years
Greece: 400 years
Serbia: 539 years
Montenegro: 539 years
Bosnia: 539 years
Crotia: 539 years
Macedonia: 539 years
Slovenia: 250 years
Romania: 490 years
Hungary: 200 years
Moldova: 490 years
Ukraine: 308 years
Georgia: 400 years
Kosovo: 539 years
We have seen what Schmitt means in the discoveries of Christianity around the world.
Calling people names and a traitor for their free will is barbaric.
Ukraine has never been part of the Ottoman Empire. Steppe land, which now belong to Ukraine until the end of the 18th century were settled by Tatar and Nogai nomads.
I am not trying in any way to judge or condemn the Ottoman Empire. It was a great country and a great enemy of Russia. Enemies must be respected. I just admire the Serbs, who have been under occupation for several centuries and have not betrayed our faith.