The Ottoman empire was nicknamed the sick man of Europe to signify that at the the once great and revered empire was crumbling. This was commonly known in Europe around 1914.
The Ottoman empire was an empire formed by Turkish tribes that later grew to be one of the most powerful empires in the world.
It controlled a large extent of Southeastern Europe, Western Asia, and Northern Africa between the 14th and early 20th centuries. It was founded in northwestern Anatolia in the town of Söğüt by the Turkoman tribal leader Osman 1.
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