I really don't get why they're the villains of r/historymemes

If history is seen through a European lens, a lot of European identity was built around pushing back Muslim invasions. Interestingly if you go to non European centric groups their villains tend to be different groups you wouldn’t think about, like everyone in central Africa hating rawanda or SE asia having strong opinions of the kmer rouge. The Turks and their many, many incarnations are fasinating but they are definately the villains of European history

Its not that theyre villains. Its that there is a strong contingent of Turkish nationalists/ultranationalists who tend to get combative in the comments sections of every post regarding the Ottoman Empire. Having a run-in with an ultranationalist of any ilk is never fun but many users here have had negative experiences because of that behaviour.

Its because of Europa Universalis IV

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