DIPLOMACY (DİPLOMASİ) - (İNGİLİZCE) Dersi Ottoman Diplomacy and Diplomatic Letters soru detayı:

CEVAP:

First of all, Ottoman rulers were not eligible like Mehmed II, Selim I and Suleyman I and they lost the control in the central authority. Secondly, as a result of the developments in Europe such as Renaissance and Reformation, modern and secular states and armies began to form, so there was no power vacuum in the continent that can be filled by the Ottomans. On the contrary, the empire lost its dynamism in science
and technology as well as military structure. Thirdly, with the geographical discoveries and the change of trade routes, the Ottomans lost their control and hegemony in the economic realm. In addition, due to defeats in wars and territorial losses, they lost the
majority of their revenues.