Kapıkulu Corps

What Was the Devshirme System? How Were Children Selected in the Ottoman Empire?

What Was the Devshirme System? How Were Children Selected in the Ottoman Empire?
What was the devshirme system? The rules for selecting children, “giving to the Turks,” training in the Novice Corps and the Enderun, and how the method rose and declined.
What Was the Devshirme System? How Were Children Selected in the Ottoman Empire? →