JANISSARIES: Elite Soldiers of the Ottoman Sultan I INVINCIBLE WARRIORS
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- Welcome to another episode of "Invincible Warriors" on Highstory!
In this captivating installment, we dive deep into the heart of the Ottoman Empire to unveil the mystique surrounding the Janissaries. These elite soldiers were not just the backbone of the Ottoman military, but they also played an integral role in shaping the very fabric of the empire.
🛡 Key Points in this Video:
The origins of the Janissaries: From captured Christian boys to the Sultan's elite guard.
The rigorous training and discipline that set them apart.
Their pivotal role in the significant battles and sieges that expanded the Ottoman territories.
The complex interplay between politics, faith, and military duty within the Janissary ranks.
The eventual decline and legacy of this once invincible force.
Did you know? The Janissaries were one of the first standing armies in the world to use firearms in battle. Learn more fascinating facts and delve into thrilling battle accounts in this comprehensive look at the Janissaries.
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In this episode of our "Invincible Warriors" series, we examine in depth the Janissaries, the legendary elite warriors of the Ottoman Empire.
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initially they are the best warriors in the expansion of islamic sultanates. It's just like the best commandos in modern army. but after so long times, so wide areas, its starts corrupted. some explained its internal conspiracy by internal administration in the new territories. the central power loose control at the far territories. later it spread and become worsen and exploited by the enemies to weakened the sultanate power. at the end the sparks rebellion among young generations because this group control by certain group or clan, and starts independence movement among other muslim territories.
Unfortunate that you need to glorify the subjugation of Christians
Brother how create this video
Mostly non ottoman, they used serbian kids to fight their wars
What a load of bollocks. You present it as if it was an honour for an 8 year old to be taken from their family and join the training and the ranks.😂 These were hundreds of thousands of abducted Christian mainly Greek children from their families. The epitomy of misanthropism in a word. Jenissaries. Kids that were turned against their own kind and families. Children that were turned into islamic weapons. I wonder why that sounds familiar even today?
“What a wonderful army will that army be”
I can't believe my eyes!!! A history channel that can narrate impartially, and they're Christians. Thank you!!!
90% of Janissaries was Serbs, Christians
@@mladentoskovic1027 No. They were taken from christian homes but later every single jannisarry became Muslim
@@mladentoskovic1027 subjugated by the Turks.
They became true Muslims. So do you call people who converted Christian too? And they defeated the Christians, the crusaders
No dude it's not impartial.He calls the steppe tactic of fake retreat, which was widely used by the Ottoman Empire, a defeat and thinks that only the janissaries saved the day.No wonder the Turks repeatedly led their ancestors into this trap
It can be said that Sokullu (Sokolovic) Mehmet Pasha is the most well-known and respected among the Ottoman grand viziers. He was a Janissary and was educated at the Palace school due to his superior intelligence and abilities. He served as grand vizier during the reigns of Suleiman the Magnificent, Selim II and Murat III. He was married to the daughter of Selim II. One of his brothers was the high priest of the Serbian church. His father and other siblings became Muslims. They lived in Istanbul. He was one of the most influential and successful statesmen in the world of his time.
Indeed. He's the most powerful Sadra azam vizier. He control the world. But Christian always spin make stories their own. Selim ll never shadowed by mehmed pasa. I hope Muslim worlds didn't believe everything what Christian thought
My wife last name is giannezzero , her father used to tell her that their name came from jiannezzeries , I guess maybe her great , great , great grandfather was one 😢😮
where is your wife from ? italy ?
@@adnancarolina2397 she is American 🇺🇸 her father is second generation Italian
Second generation Italian from Moena maybe ? That would explain the name. You can check "El Turco Moena" or "the Moena El Turco Festival" and the story that lays behind. Interesting stuff.
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Come to Islam my brother ! ☪️
@@bill5931 why should he
Jannisaries were only 5% of the whole ottoman army.. the power of the ottoman army were akinci who were a small pelotons and the division sipahi who penetrated the enemy with heavy armor
When I think of Janissaries, three things come to my mind: 1)mustache 2)courage 3)mehter...
And tall hats
Also their balls made of steel, which's marinieted in the frost of Varna. 🤘🏻🇹🇷
4) Feteh
Forced conversion
Forced conversion
Forced conversion
@@commodusmeridius4718 . You mean like western did with hundreds of million black African's change their religion to Christianity and names from kunta kinte to Tom and Steve or you mean like western almost wiped out native Indians of Australia Canada new Zealand and Latin America and USA
Again and again, the Yeniceri, were not the elite in the ottoman armed forces, their job was mainly the same as the Praetorian Guard from the Roman Empire. The elite force in the ottoman army and who joined crucial operations were the Akıncılar which evidently had a huge impact on operations from the ottoman army for sensitive tasks before, during the battle and behind enemy lines.
They were taken at young age,gjven to noble turkish family. From young age they were trained heavily.
Janissaries are not just soldiers. It's an Order. They were police, palace guard, soldier in battlefield.
some became pasha (minister)
And Vezir
Also Sufi order
They were taken from home?
@@a.t.822 Yes. This system was called as blood Tax.
I love the Ottoman Empire 👌👍
I'm taking my place as one of the first 633 subscribers.Great episode, great voice-over and visual narration
*Thank you for such an inspiring video clip*
*Looking forward to more*
Great work 💯
Possibly most priveledge corps of Ottoman army were Solaklar meaning left handeds and then Baltacılar meaning Men using axes. Solaklar, they protect directly sultan. They basically move with Sultan, live with Sultan. They are always around Sultan very close to him. Even grand veziers can not pass them. They managed Sultans visitors. They were part of Baltacılar core which basically protect Palace, sultans family, inner chanbers. These were selected from jannisaries. Most common features of these guards was that they were literally huge. Generally as tall as 2m. You can visit Topkapı Palace and see their chambers. Their seats are so high if you are not around 2m, your legs will not touch the floor when you sit
At that time, every family had many children and families gave their children voluntarily because they had more chances and duration of life in the Ottoman Empire.
That sounds delulu. Balkan Christians to this day carry resentment and bitterness for the stealing of their children by Ottomans in order for them to be raised as Muslim warriors and return to oppress the very people that they hail from.
I wonder if you would feel the same way if Israel took away Palestinian children and raised them as Jewish IDF soldiers, so that they can keep subjugating the Palestinians. Could we then characterize that as Palestinians having many children and so they donated some to the Israelis so the kids can have a better chance at life?
Cite your sources, not your opinion.
Turkish propaganda. Would you voluntarily give your son away knowing he would be converted to Christianity and trained to fight Muslims? Use logic.
Τι λέτε? Τα έπαιρναν με την βία.
Στην Ελλάδα γνωρίζουμε.
Οι γενίτσαροι ήταν παιδιά ελληνικών οικογενειών και κάποια Σλάβων.
ένας λόγος που επαναστατησαμε ,εμείς οι Έλληνες,ήταν ότι μας περνάτε τα παιδιά μας δια της βίας,τα αγόρια για γενιτσαρους και τα κορίτσια ιερόδουλες στα χαρέμια σας.
Its actually Yeniçeri in Turkish. The word Janissary derives from the Turkish word yeniçeri. Great video! Also look up Deliler they were before the Yeniçeri establishment.
Yes the meaning of Yeniceri is 'new soldiers'
yeni=new çeri= soldier yeniçeri= new soldier
Nice video thank you man
amazing work 👏
great videos
Amazing voice cover and animation
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Clever ones were put to a specially school called enderun which is some kind of univercity in the palace and they become high ranking goverment officials, veziers, grand veziers.
Thanks
Unlike what was portrayed in Hollywood movies, families were looking forward to have their child to be taken as part of janissary training. The chance of higher mortality rate and having a lavish, successful life were something these families hoping to get. It's a secured future
Sure...still a slave, fighting for another country, another faith, quite possibly against your own. But, yeah, families "looked foward" to servitude...uh huh. Get out of here with that tripe.
@@Embrachu Their countries were already under Ottoman's dominion...Thats why there were many generals and ministers from European background
@@Embrachu Turks are coming back to rule the world !!!!! Run boy Runnnnnn save your miserable life ! 😂
Stop the propaganda. Would you voluntarily give your son away knowing he would be converted to Christianity and trained to fight Muslims? Use logic.
And million Armenians commited suicide it was not a genocide right?? Also Balkan states vere super happy and excited to be conquered by Ottomans ! Unbelievable how Turks are trying to rewrite history
this also happened prior to battle of varna , in civil wars between mehmed celebi and musa celebi , mehmed celebi has the upperhand with both wings are winning and musa is about to retreat prematurely making the jannissaries corps think it was tactical move only to make mehmed does frontal assault againts them and turned the tide the battle instanly
Görselleri , anlatımı , ilginç bilgileri ve gayet düzgün bir Türkçe ile olan çevirisiyle güzel bir video olmuş. İzlerken alıp götürüyor
No, power on the face of the planet lasts forever, everything has a beginning and end, glory be to the creator of the heavens and the earth, may Allah grant them Jannah and have mercy on them,
Need more info on that new military unit mentioned at the end
Akinci sipahi korps
There reason that christian kids were selected that Ottoman sultans wanted absolute loyalty. Kids from Turkish families would never be able to break apart from their families, strong noble families would influence conscriptions, promotion and would plaque the system etc. Ottoman sultans other than initial period, married to slave women who had no bond to anybody, so that these women would not seek favor for their families. Ottomans achieved this absolute loyalty for a long time. Ottomans did not allow nobelty. There was only one true royalty that was Ottoman Dynasty. All other things had to be achieved by hard work and by sultans grace. Grand veziers, veziers were crazy rich and these were boys coming from devsirme system.
Exactly, in the battle of Beyazıt and Timur Turks chose the Turkish side.
They were male children under the age of 5 initially, mainly from Macedonia and Bosnia and the healthiest ones. They were trained in a military camp in Konye, Anatolia. The training lasted for 15 years.
The parents of the male children usually would chop a portion of the child's smallest finger in order not to be taken from them. Then those children were considered " not fit " to become janissaries
Janissaries comprised 20% of the Ottoman army
Look like Agent 47 works as a voice actor in his free time....
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My roots are coming from Janissery ancestors from Varna Bektasi Ocak.My grand mother was remembering to giant Janisery sword on the wall of house.
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@@user-ud6gb8xe4x Yok anneanem çocukken sadece hatırlıyor duvardaki Kılıcı.
TRT Belgesel'in metnini bire bir kopyalamanız hoş değil sadece görüntü eklenmiş.
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Janisarries were only infantry part of Priveledged Slave Haushold troops. There were more priviledged corps such as Kapıkulu Suvarileri meaning roughly Slave Household Cavallary. These were comharable to Europian knights, best horses, best armors, best traning., like jannisaries.
The best infantry soldier ever
I hope the muslims can be united again and reach this same as before it was possible ❤ Real Hero the Ottomans
is it only me who is hearing Agent 47 speaking
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That's it! I was wondering why the narrator sounds so familiar 😂
Today it is the Bordo Bereliler 🇹🇷
What’s the name of the song at 09:05
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@@kazimkorkmaz 09:05 diyo
wth, please make sure you lower music when speaking. Even though I want to watch the video but its a total mess. Take it as feedback.
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Equivalent to Templers Knights on other side of Europe, probably???
Great warriors both sides.
Recruiting them was a bit mildly put, lot of times they were kidnapped
lol silly greek
In AC REVELATION it is hard to kill janissaries
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Richest warrior in the history, many warrior fighting for nothing but this warrior was different they paid by gold
Your grandfather is you ancestors your father is your lineage turkeys military world renowned
Jenessary become monster then.. so sad..
47? did you retired from being a hitman to become a voice actoe?
Dedemin dedesinin babası Osmanlı ordusunda Yeniçeri ağası Ömer Esed paşadır.Pençegahlı imzası ve seceresi vardır…Babamın dedesi ise Şeyhülislam islam Hayri efendi ki Kendisi Sultan Vahideddinin Torunuydu..Baba ve ana tarafından saraylıyız.Not Dedem devşirme yeniçerilerden değildi…
They were an infantry force
They were not from random villages, most of them were orphans?
I wonder how the elite Mamluk fighters would have done against the Janissaries
They have bern destroyed man
When I see janissaries I think of AC REVELATION
And crayzies
Ey düşmani Muhammedi
Siz küfrani
Biz şükrani
Siz bir taraf
Biz bir taraf
GREATEST ARMY IN THE HISTORY
Rumelia, where is this?
European Ottoman Realm
Eastern Balkans
Albanian Macedonian Bosnian a lot of Ottoman successful generals where Albanian.
Ghaznian sultan Mahmood had the 'laat's'. They only fought wars!
The movie Count Dracula is actually a fictionalised adaptation of a Count in eastern Europe who fought back against recruitment by the ottomans
*what about Sipahis?, Deliler(Delije)?, Yamaks?, Timarli?, Silahdars and Azaps?*
The problem is how they were aquiered it brought pain and created hate from their families they often had to fight their own people also.
Mehmed pasha Sokolovic should have been mentioned.😊
@@kazimkorkmaz we didn't hear the same in Bulgaria. In fact, it was the opposite in the history books. Do you maybe want to elaborate?
@@kazimkorkmaz Kazım 🤣my fabrication? You are living in a false woaarld beybisi. Go to Bulgaria and have a look at the history books taught at school.
And this empty confidence tho.
All you said is false.
@@kazimkorkmaz Kazım burda dank dunk ötme ya gitmişsin Almanya'ya git Almanya'daki diasporanla ilgilen balkanlar sana göre değil, sen daha benin ne dediğini anlamamissin boşver.
@@kazimkorkmaz Kazım sen daha ne ddedigimi anlamamissin sen balkanlari bosver. Birak da o konuda biz Balkan Türkleri konusalim.
@@kazimkorkmaz bak şimdi doğru bı laf ettin büyür edelim seni bgristana bulgarlara söyle bunu😃😁
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I wonder how other faiths would feel if their children being forcefully taken away, converted to a foreign religion, and used as enemy soldiers was glorified
they were not in the 21st century with lgbt leading the world. they were all glad to be part as most families were raising their kids with the hope that kids would be chosen one day
@@Joseph009 I'm pretty sure there is No one who would enjoy a foreign state taking their kids away from them, changing their religion, and raising their kids to be used as enemy soldiers
Keep in mind that Ottoman Empire was the only major empire where a slave boy could have the chance to raise to become even Grand Vizier, who is second in power only to the Sultan.
When Christian boys are harvested, the most intelligent ones were being sent to Enderun school which was providing the highest quality of education in the world at that time. Upon graduation, they were accepting high profile roles in the empire, and could even become Grand Viziers. Therefore knowing this, many Christian families were actually sending their boys voluntarily to the Ottomans where they would have a much better chance, rather than rotting at the harsh farming fields, fighting with infectious diseases and enduring raids from neighouring villages and countries etc..
And those not selected for Enderun, were being sent to Janissary Corps to be trained as hard core combat units in the empire and would become 'Kapikulu', i.e a kind of personal guardians of the Sultan and was only answerable to the Sultan.
They enjoyed many privileges which were not necessarily available to other subjects of the empire.
@@lonelywolf1480 The White slave owners had similarly good reasoning for separating Black children from their parents. Black children being 'harvested' by White slave owners for the betterment of the slaves, better food, they could even gain their own freedom and become slave owners themselves. What a magnificent future they must have looked to ! I hope others who read this can see the absurdity of your arguments when you argue like this
Mate that is a poor analogy.
We are not talking about just free foods and freedom here.
Janissaries enjoyed privileges that were not enjoyed by other members of the empire.
Also, were any black slaves given access to an excellent education system, and had a chance to become prime ministers (similar to Grand Visiers)?
Janissaries had to power to even dethrone the Sultans. Any example of black slaves having the power to change the presidents?
I think the Sadukars from Dune are inspired from them.
Sono stati sconfitti per ben25anni dal unico condottiero leggendario albanese Gjergj kastrioti Scanderbeg 🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱♥️♥️
at last, you loose !
i am albanian. That what you say is a bullshit and only a dream. When Skenderbeg had feight with the ottomans, in same time the ottomans were preparing for the battle in constantinople. Do you really think if the all ottoman army would feight against skenderbeg, you would habe achanse ? Come on brother. We both are albanians
Agent 47???
I'm thinking the same... it's David betteson
Ai
if you think Janissaries were great you should go after DELILER Direct translation: : Crazy
Ottoman borders were larger
Pasukan elit muslim yang di kabarkan Rasulullah Saw....
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bravery comes from faith in Allah they were brave cuz they were Muslim
It's Yeni Çeri. Yeniçeri. Janisary os wrong. At least say yenichery.
Even if you hate the ottoman empire and you are from the Balkan, you still must be proud to be a jannissary it’s like the gladiators
Skanderbeg 🐐
Pussy they run to Italy line a chicken 😂😂😂
most badass soldiers wasnt jannisaries in the ottoman armies there were better and more powerfull soldiers such as Deliler and Serdengeçti
Yep, Janissaries were not the most prominent and heavy weight armed units in the Ottoman Empire. They were the 'Sipahis'.
Sipahis were the cavalry units equipped with the most powerful arms of the time; they were like the armoured brigades of modern armies.
Deliler and Serdengecti were the units attempting the most daring attacks to the enemy; they were like commando/suicide units in modern times.
They were the converted christians from the east european countries. Turks were not allowed to jannisary units.
😢all good and strong Christian boys are taken for Janeesary
Not all. For ex, if a christian family had two strong boys, only one of them would be taken.
Also, ottomans Empire was the only major empire where a slave boy could have the chance to raise to become a even Grand Vizier, who is second in power only to the Sultan.
When Christian boys are harvested, the most intelligent ones were being sent to Enderun school which was providing the highest quality of education in the world at that time. Upon graduation, they were accepting high profile roles in the empire, and could even become Grand Viziers. Therefore knowing this, many Christian families were actually sending their boys voluntarily to the Ottomans where they would have a much better chance, rather than rotting at the harsh farming fields, fighting with infectious diseases and enduring raids from neighoring villages and countries etc..
And those not selected for Enderun, were being sent to Janissary Corps ti be trained as hard core combat units in the empire and would become 'Kapikulu', i.e a kind of personal guardians of the Sultan and was only answerable to the Sultan.
@lonelywolf1480 bro I,m talking about those who were taken.
You have no idea but you talk. These Christian FARMER boys only wrote WORLD HISTORY after their Turkish Muslim education. Without Turkish education they would still be meaningless Christian farmers!
@@stanbatakarata6081. Evry empire has mixed soldiers Roman use to have Arabs fighting on their side against Persian Persian have Greece mercenaries fighting on their side against Alexander of Macedonian nothing new
Albanians! 💪
Even jannissar is a persian word but some of the turks think the were before persia😂
Jannissar:jan(جان)+nissar(نثار)=جان نثار
And the literal meaning is eagers to give their live
Your everything was belong to great ancient iran
Janissary is the English spelling of Turkish "Yeniçeri" (New Soldier. "Yeni: New, Çeri: Soldier"). İranian Mullahs may have brainwashed you in primary school.
Lol. Persia was ruled by many Turkic tribes and empire. Stop bullshitting
Ebleh it is yeni+çeri it means Newsoldier
funny, "yeni" means new and "çeri" means warrior
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turks ministers high ranking officials
also put their own kids in jannisaries
without knowing of sultans
these kids were known when
they died shahids in battlefield
its untold turkish history told by
turkish saint sheikh abdul kërim
kibrisi head of osmanli dergahi
newyork usa .
a mughal turk
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Stolen kids from their parents.
There are certain conditions for the children selected for the Janissary. The family tree of the candidates must be clear. That's why children were not kidnapped.
It's a military camp, not a gypsy camp.
Janissaries also become bureaucrats, ministers and prime ministers. Most families would give their children voluntarily. They would even offer bribes.
What a lod of neo otoman bs. Everybody on the Balkans know how childre were kidnapped,stolen, families diveded. Just the neo otomans want to change the histori. Your ancestors were horrible people.
At least they treated them better than western treated black African's slaves till 1960 it was written on doors of cafes restaurants blacks and dogs are not allowed to enter. 😊
Actually, the families have never given their children voluntarily - Turkish soldiers violently took young boys from their families and made them Janissaries.😉
Vladimir here it says different, that families were very happy that their children will become rich noble and there were also chorbadjii from your folk, which were the local rulers. Which one is correct?
TüRK POWER 🥷💫🇹🇷☝🏽
Still today mothers in Serbia have traumas for their babies as the Turks would rip the babies out of their hands. This was called the Devshirme, the taxes collected in blood - Danak u krvi! - was the Ottoman practice of FORCIBLY taking babies and children to be soldiers and bureaucrats from among the children of their Balkan Christian subjects and raising them in the religion of Islam. NO one would give their child to the occupier. Mothers would cut their babies fingers and body parts just so Turk would not take them.
History distortions are not history but may be a story.
Every fuedal lord enlisted forcefully peasants to wars forcefully, often raped their dıighters before marriage. Ottomans did not do that. They were far more mercifull. Ottoman administration were far more mecifull than their europian counterparts at the time. Otherwise they could not have ruled those vast areas such a loni time without having population superiority.
@@nathanruben-tv5lf Not sure if we are to go into the depths of perversion and brutality but Turks did impale ( to pierce with a sharpened stake thrust up through the body, as for torture or punishment) people, rape young boys and women. Half the population in Helm had to changed their surnames as they had to escape from Turks who wanted to rape their women and they killed them of course. Also took the population into slavery, to harems etc...
History is interesting reading and research...wish it was not as brutal but still one should not allow for distortion and whitewash.
Mothers today have trauma from Jannissaries?? Lol.. surre. I was stuck in traffic today because the jannisaries were returning from a conquest.. you know how it goes
I appreciate the attention given to the Ottoman Empire but, am concerned as many of your specific examples are vague and have no given supporting evidence. I love the work being done, but there seems to be quite a few inaccuracies. The biggest example of this is the claim that “Over the years, the fear of the Janissaries in Europe grew to such an extent that even the sight of their red uniforms was enough to make enemies retreat” followed by the claim that the “Germans” found themselves helpless against French attacks and supposedly asked for Ottoman assistance. This claim made me excited as it would have established one of the earliest contacts between the Ottomans and an early precursor to the German Empire. I could find to sources backing up your information in German, French, Turkish, or English. Moreover the map is horribly inaccurate depending on when in the 19th century you are referring to. There are too many mistakes to include them all here, but the biggest one is that the German Federation which is not synonymous with the German Confederation and the depicted Kingdom of France which I believe you meant the Empire of France (entirely different political entities) if you have sources proving me wrong, please provide them as I am extremely interested in finding the source of your information.
White boy summer
I thought that they kidnapped children every year! It must have been. They wouldn’t have enough soldiers if they only took them once every seven years! And it’s so funny. These people who make these UTUBE videos all say different things about the same subject! 😂🤣
During the time of the Janissaries, the Ottomans, and the Turks. Murder, rape, poverty, ignorance and decadence have prevailed until the present time
Im disgusted by this system as someone who comes from Balkans
Don't act as if you weren't already always killing each other before the Turks came.
Balkanlara sende olani alip sana koyacagiz demisler sonra koymuslar :)
TheSultan wouldnteat amazing food he Sultan Abdul Hamid was modest and followed the sunnah
Non Muslim Children's chosen for JANISARRIES ???? R U sure ?
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kosovo belongs to SERBIA !!!!
@@adnancarolina2397 both belong to the mighty ottoman empire which had both the longest time period...
The Jannisaries were mostly Albanians and I hope Muslim Albanian Warriors will rise again to fight in the Path of Allah s.w.t.
Mainly Janissaries were Albanians and Bulgarians. very rare of any other country
What ? Most of them were Slavs ..
Most of them were christian slavs !
Wrong. The first janniseries were Muslim.....