Talk:Ottomans/@comment-94.123.227.180-20110205104044/@comment-195.214.190.7-20150214231741

Ottomans controlled most of the Eastern Europe from Podolia (Southwestern Ukraine) to the north to Transdanubia to the West. They had most of Hungary under their command (except the western part which was loyal to Habsburg monarchy). Balkans, Wallachia, Transylvania etc were all bound to the Ottoman Empire. Plus, Ottomans, or Turks to be more precise, have never bowed to the Europeans because if they did, there wouldn't be Republic of Turkey by now.