The Janissaries of the Ottoman

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…revolted against the sultan and massacred by the larger more modern army. Those who were not killed were captured and executed. The power of the Janissaries was broken; those corps who was not killed was disbanded, and this ancient military order was outlawed throughout the empire. The door to military and civil reform was now open to reformist ministers. However, the door to the greatest army corp. in the entire Turkish history was closed. longshot516