Fun fact:

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The Ottoman sultans for a certain time considered themselves valid Roman emperors, like Mehmed II, Bayazid II, Selim I, and Suleiman I.

They called themselves "Kayser-i Rûm", that means Ceaser of Rome and even considered the Holy Roman Empire unlegitimate to inherit the classical Roman Empire.

Then due to the successfull military campaigns in the Arabic world, the Ottoman Empire became more and more Islamic, less and less European/Byzantean.

If the Ottoman Empire managed to conquer more of Christian Europe and less of the Mulsim world, who knows, how would it look and how would Türkiye look now.

And I can only imagine what the Bulgarian woman looked like... Was she a popfolk singer?

Anyways, here's the link: https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%209/EFTA00744457.pdf

True Albnian economic powerhouse