Cem Sultan: Ottoman Prince in the Heart of Europe

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Cem seems to have done 70 years worth of living in only 35 years. Great story guys 👍 well told!

A 2nd son is born to a royal family. Most Royal families: Yes, this is a blessing. Ottomans: This might be a problem.........

Judging by the many loyal friends he made during his lifes, he must have been a really cool guy.

I really appreciate the Ottoman soundtrack in the background unlike other channels who just put some random orientalist music.

Man Ottoman history is insane. Real life Game of Thrones stuff with political struggles and shit. Never a dull moment.

According to many historians Cem was the copy of his father, Mehmed II, almost same attitude and belligerence. This was a disadvantage for him, because Mehmed II pushed the empire too hard, at some point endless wars and conflicts became tiring for viziers and pashas. Cem was a hard nosed warrior, but Bayezid was a scholar, relatively weak and more peaceful man. Ottomans statesmen in fact chose Bayezid over Cem and his reign was considered 'a stagnation period' in golden age of Ottomans. Very good document as always btw. As one of the earliest subscribers, I am proud to witness the evolution of K&G from a relatively small channel in youtube to become a giant with much over 1 million subscribers. We are grateful to you guys, this channel is heaven of history

2. Prince born Other Royal families: We are blessed (-2 war exhaustion, -2 unrest to all provinces) Ottomans: it's an Omen (-3 stability)

Fun fact : Karamani Mehmet Pasha was only 22 years old when he died. He was a really young Grand Vizier. The representation of him in this video looks like 60 years old man which is wrong.

Poor Cem he was betrayed and not supported in his endeavors for the longest time. And when he finally gets a monarch willing to do what he wanted the man suddenly dies. It seems like he was meant to be unlucky. My compliments to all those who made this video a reality.

One of the reasons once I was told by an academician why Cem was prevented by Janisarries was the fact that the army of the time tired of decades of conquests during Mehmet II's reign, and wanted to stop these, because Cem was like his father.

Just when i thought Cem went through all that over so many decades. The video ends with, "He was 35" when he died. Poor Cem

This is a trully beautiful map!! Good Job!!

I love how the narration makes you think he's an old man, and then it's revealed he died at the ripe age of 35.

his life similar to stannis baratheon

So, basically, Ottoman sultans were chosen via horse races.

Ah yes, splitting the domain... a great way to make an empire collapse fast

Richard the Lionheart would be rolling in his grave if he heard the deal Innocent rejected.

Cem had great potential but army and viziers supported bayezid. Cem looked more like his father than his brother. His father's reign full of 30-year conquests exhausted the viziers and the army. They wanted a relatively calm and peaceful sultan. That's why they supported bayezid II. This is a breaking point for Turkish and Italian history. When mehmed the conqueror died in 1481 civil war erupted in ottoman empire. Then ahmed pasha leave small garrison inside otranto and returned to rumelia. During the Ottoman civil war, Christians easily took back otranto.

Bayezid developed an opium addiction. This enraged his father, who punished him severely. Cem meanwhile tried to gain his father's affection by learning all thirteen languages available on Babbel. This worked, but the janissaries considered him a smart-ass because he wouldn't stop bragging about it and chose Bayezid over him as the new Sultan, so he fled into exile. Repeatedly, because Bayezid's army of bots dogpiled his account every time he tried to make a comeback. Worse, he bribed the knights of twitter to suspend Cem's account. Decades later, just as hope of being unsuspended returned, Cem died under mysterious circumstances. Some say the Borgias poisoned his supply of gamergirl bathwater, but that was never proven.