Talk:Turks/@comment-31462314-20190621101326/@comment-26842175-20190621193635

Wikipedia says that the jannisaries were captured non-Muslim boys, notably Anatolian and Balkan Christians. So they were not exclusivly only Balkan boys. Wikipedia said that it was closely tied with the devşirme system.

Furthermore the term Balkan is ill-defined, some count Greece as part of the balkans others don't. Suppose you ask how many Balkan boys were part of the corps, depending on wether you coun't greece and modern european turkey as part of the balkan, the answer will vary.