That place rightfully belongs to the Greeks and Christendom. But something has been wrong with the Greeks' ability to organize, fight wars, and run a country for the past 2,200 years or so. They were super in their hey day. Not so much in modern times.
The Turks, on the other hand, offer little to World culture in comparison to the Greeks.* But, they have fielded formidable armies in the past. Historically, they were good at war. I'm also not aware of any other armies in history who fought with such a high % of slaves in their armies, and slaves who generally fought well. It took Poland and the HRE to crush them at Vienna--and crush them the Polish King did. Balkans people are crazy and full of irrational hatreds. But, the Turks are historically the root cause of 95%+ of the hatred in the Balkans.
*they have some good cuisine, on par with the Greeks. And there's Turkish delight.
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