Photo post-card of the Chief Eunuch of the Ottoman Sultan Abdul Hamid II, photographed at the Imperial Palace.
But there's more to it. Africans share strong historic ties with Turkey as the Ottoman Empire, its predecessor state, not only recruited tens of thousands of Africans into its army but also employed a large number of them in both the royal court and palace. Apart from the teeming population of African immigrants in Turkey, there's a 40,000-strong population of African-Turks whose ancestry can be traced back to the Ottoman era.
"There is no doubt that the most influential one was Hadji Besher who managed Ottoman court between 1717-1746 for 29 years with such a power," Kavas, who's now a professor at Istanbul Medeniyet University, told TRT World. as he had earned the authority to "choose viziers and dismiss those he didn't want to work with".
Africans have always been 2nd class to the Europeana and the WEST in general. Only Ottomans have treated them just like other Ottoman citizens so it simply shows that Ottomans were not only better side on fight.. Also they had humanity values unlike the West.
More suffered under Ottomans' brutal treatments including castration. Only few Muslim blacks were able to get a pass.
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