Answer
The Balkans
Explanation:
The Balkans, or the Balkan Peninsula, is a geographic region in southeastern Europe with different meanings. The area takes its name from the Balkan Mountains that extend from the Serbian-Bulgarian border to the Black Sea. The Ottoman state started as one of many small Turkish states that began in Asia Minor during the failure of the empire of the Seljuk Turks. The Ottoman Turks started to consume the other states, and during the reign of Muhammad II, they terminated all other local Turkish dynasties.
