What is Ottoman Turkey?
{{Infobox country | conventional_long_name = Ottoman Turkey | native_name = {{native name|tr|Türkiye}} | image_flag = Flag of Ottoman.svg | flag_caption = [[Flag of Turkey|Flag]] | image_flag2 = Flag of the Ottoman Empire (1844–1922).svg | national_motto = | national_anthem = | image_map = John Speed. The Turkish Empire. Newly Augmented by John Speed. 1626.jpg | map_width = | religion = [[Sunni Islam]] | demonym = [[Turkish people|Turk]] | government_type = | area_km2 = | area_rank = | GDP_PPP = | GDP_PPP_year = | HDI = | HDI_year = | currency = | year_end = 1922 | year_start = 1299 | common_languages = [[Ottoman Turkish language|Ottoman Turkish]] | title_deputy = | year_deputy1 = | deputy1 = | year_deputy2 = | deputy2 = | event_start = [[Rise of the Ottoman Empire]] | event_end = [[Abolition of the Ottoman sultanate]] | today = [[Turkey]] }} The [[Ottoman dynasty]] rule of the [[Turkey]] lasted from 1299 to 1922. The '''Ottoman Turks''', were the Turkic founding and most populated ethnic group of the [[Ottoman Empire]]. Ottomans take their dynastic name, ''Osmanli'' from the house of [[Osman I]]. He reigned about 1299–1326. He was the founder of the House of Osman. This was the ruling dynasty of the [[Ottoman Empire]] for its 624 years. The Ottoman principality included other Turkish-speaking Muslims and non-Turkish Christians. [[Turkish people|Turks]] had advantages over non-Turks on issues like taxation, voting and legal rights. The Ottomans invaded Europe in the 1350s. They dominated the [[Mediterranean Sea]]. In 1453, they [[Fall of Constantinople|invaded Constantinople]] (the capital city of the [[Byzantine Empire]]). The Turks blocked all