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* [[Fighting for A Homeland]] - The original raiders who founded the Ottoman Empire. Also the foundation of the modern state of Turkey.
* [[Happiness in Slavery]]: As mentioned below, Janissaries were technically a slave caste, albeit one with great benefits and status. As such, did not react well to the efforts of later Sultans to abolish or modernise them. The struggle to get rid of Janissaries took decades and cost the lives of numerous Sultans, depriving the empire of leadership and military force during a critical period of European expansion. By the time they were replaced, it was too little too late.
* [[Punch Clock Villain]]: Many Turks, rightly or not, saw the Anzacs as victims who ended up fighting a war that was not theirs. This, combined with the [[Worthy Opponent]] effect described below is probably the reason why Gallipolli is not seen as [[
** [[World War I]] was low on the atrocity scale compared to [[World War II]](admittedly being more chivalrous than [[World War II]] isn't obvious praise) and neither of the two sides at Gallipoli thought the other was trying to exterminate their way of life.
* [[The Siege]] - Though this tended to backfire on them a lot during [[World War One]] when the [[Ragtag Bunch of Misfits|townspeople]] decided to [[Took a Level In Badass|Take A level In Badass]] and hold them back for weeks on end before being rescued by allied forces.
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