History UsefulNotes / TurksWithTroops

* ''The Turkish Gambit'' novel from Literature/ErastFandorin series (also [[TheTurkishGambit the movie]]).

* ''LawrenceOfArabia.''

* ''{{Ararat}}''

* In ''AxisPowersHetalia'', the MoeAnthropomorphism of Turkey ''and'' the former Ottoman Empire (Sadiq Annan) appears once or twice with his troops around.

* The ''VideoGame/TotalWar'' series features the Ottoman Empire as a playable faction in the original ''[[VideoGame/MedievalTotalWar Medieval]]'', ''VideoGame/MedievalIITotalWar Medieval II'', ''[[VideoGame/EmpireTotalWar Empire]]'', and ''[[VideoGame/NapoleonTotalWar Napoleon]]''.

* The ''{{Total War}}'' series features the Ottoman Empire as a playable faction in the original ''Medieval'', ''Medieval II'', ''Empire'', and ''Napoleon''.

* [[RealMenLoveJesus Real Men Love Allah]]: Osman I was a very religious man. He was also a Khan of the Oghuz Turks and therefore a complete badass. In fact, many, many, many Ottoman sultans and beys were complete badasses in addition to being pious Muslims.

Turks have long and not without justice been reputed to be a ProudWarriorRace. The present day nation of Turkey was descended from the Ottoman Empire which was founded by [[TheHorde border raiders]] in Asia Minor. These formed themselves into a conquering [[TheEmpire Empire]] which was able to subjugate large parts of the Balkans. At one of its [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome key moments]] the Ottomans were, in 1453, able to take Constantinople which was the [[VestigialEmpire last trace]] of TheRomanEmpire. After this they grew to become one of the greatest powers in the world.

Interestingly the Turkish army does not have a tradition of neutrality in internal politics. In fact the Turks often believe that an occasional temporary [[DirtyBusiness military takeover]] clears the air, and keeps their state stable and orderly. Sort of the ghost of Ataturk. The [[MagnificentBastard current prime minister]] [[note]] Erdoğan didn't like this tradition, especially since the military is very secular and he wants Turkey to become an Islamic state [[/note]] had most of the army top [[KangarooCourt tried for treason.]][[note]] The only piece of 'evidence' was a document written in 2003... [[EpicFail using Microsoft word 2007 ]][[/note]], along with hundreds of judges, lawyers and journalists that disagreed with him. [[note]]However: the Pro-Islamist judges that sentenced said army top are now a threat to Erdoğan [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness so he tried to get rid of them]] claiming corruption. Only problem is: if they are corrupt, [[FailureIsTheOnlyOption it would mean the generals]] [[CaptainObvious weren't tried fairly]], meaning they should be able to get a new trial, [[ZeroPercentApprovalRating the only reason he's still in power]] is because of the [[PetTheDog lip-service he provides to the Kurdish people]] and the [[BreadAndCircuses money]] [[BribingYourWayToVictory the 80% unemployed Turkish population gets from voting for him.]][[/note]]

* [[RealMenLoveJesus Real Men Love Allah]]: Osman I and many, many Ottoman Sultans. The Ottoman Empire was, or at least thought it was, very zealous in matters of faith.
** Turkey is currently led by an Islamist government who wants to strictly control the female populace.

* SlaveMooks - The Janissaries who were originally "taxed" children of conquered countries.

Interestingly the Turkish army does not have a tradition of neutrality in internal politics. In fact the Turks often believe that an occasional temporary [[DirtyBusiness military takeover]] clears the air, and keeps their state stable and orderly. Sort of the ghost of Ataturk. The [[MagnificentBastard current prime minister]] [[note]] Erdoğan didn't like this tradition, especially since the military is very secular and he wants Turkey to become an Islamic state [[/note]] had most of the army top [[KangarooCourt tried for treason.]][[note]] The only piece of 'evidence' was a document written in 2003... [[EpicFail using Microsoft word 2007 ]], along with hundreds of judges, lawyers and journalists that disagreed with him. However: the Pro-Islamist judges that sentenced said army top are now a threat to Erdoğan [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness so he tried to get rid of them]] claiming corruption. Only problem is: if they are corrupt, [[FailureIsTheOnlyOption it would mean the generals]] [[CaptainObvious weren't tried fairly]], meaning they should be able to get a new trial, [[ZeroPercentApprovalRating the only reason he's still in power]] is because of the [[PetTheDog lip-service he provides to the Kurdish people]] and the [[BreadAndCircuses money]] [[BribingYourWayToVictory the 80% unemployed Turkish population gets from voting for him.]][[/note]]

Interestingly the Turkish army does not have a tradition of neutrality in internal politics. In fact the Turks often believe that an occasional temporary [[DirtyBusiness military takeover]] clears the air, and keeps their state stable and orderly. Sort of the ghost of Ataturk. It is probably not ideal. Thanks (among other things) to wanting to make nice with UsefulNotes/TheEuropeanUnion (on the off-chance that Turkey would be let in), the recent discovery and thwarting of a coup plot, and a smart chief of staff, this trend seems to be on the downtick of late, however: the military clearly dislikes the way the current government does things, but thus far it hasn't really tried to do very much about it. Indeed, when a few junior officers were found planning a coup, the senior staff quickly put the kibosh on it, and once the civilian government got wind of the plot, the officers were brought to trial.

During WorldWarI the Ottoman Empire fought on the German side. It gave a fairly good account of itself, but in the end lost most of its empire, and upon surrendering, significant chunks of its Anatolian heartland were given--directly or indirectly--to Greece, Italy, and France. However in a curious twist of fate it managed to resurrect itself. The Turkish General Kemal Ataturk, who had distinguished himself at Gallipoli, put himself at the head of a nationalist movement which prevented the total collapse of Turkish independence (ironically, despite being a militant secularist, the mass of peasants who followed him showed up because he managed to convince an assembly of muftis to declare a ''jihad''). Turkey reformed itself from a VestigialEmpire into a nation state under Ataturk who was, for the Turks, sort of a semi-benign cross between a GloriousLeader and a {{Cincinnatus}}. During WorldWarII it stayed neutral and was able to do so both because of its formidable if old fashioned army, and because of the [[TheChessmaster geopolitical skills]] of its leaders. During The Cold War the Turks took the anti-communist side and Turkish troops fought with distinction in TheKoreanWar (amusingly, the [[EnemyMine Greeks]] showed up, too; there are no reports on what they thought of one another). Turkey joined NATO in 1952 as part of the first enlargement, at the same time as Greece. Turkey now has the second-largest army in NATO after the YanksWithTanks.

* TheSiege - Though this tended to backfire on them a lot during WorldWarOne when the Christian [[RagtagBunchOfMisfits townspeople]] decided to [[TookALevelInBadass Take A level In Badass]] rather than be deported and hold them back for weeks on end before being rescued by allied forces.

* ''Series/{{Mash}}'' shows the Turks as part of the KoreanWar fighting force, and as such visiting the 4077th every so often. One scene had a Turk/Greek fight broken up by a pissed-off [[spoiler:Father Mulcahy]].

* ''Gallipoli.''

** Turkey is currently led by a soft Islamist government also.

* TheSiege - Though this tended to backfire on them a lot during WorldWarOne when the [[RagtagBunchOfMisfits townspeople]] decided to [[TookALevelInBadass Take A level In Badass]] and hold them back for weeks on end before being rescued by allied forces.

* ''Kurtlar Vadisi'' (English title ''Valley of The Wolves'' [[note]] Most [[ThereIsNoSuchThingAsNotability Notable]] for the BigDamnMovie Valley of the Wolves: Iraq]][[/note]])

* ''Kurtlar Vadisi'' (English title ''Valley of The Wolves'' [[hottip:*: Most [[ThereIsNoSuchThingAsNotability Notable]] for the BigDamnMovie Valley of the Wolves: Iraq]])

* ''{{MASH}}'' shows the Turks as part of the KoreanWar fighting force, and as such visiting the 4077th every so often. One scene had a Turk/Greek fight broken up by a pissed-off [[spoiler:Father Mulcahy]].

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-->''Osman saw himself and his host reposing near each other.''
-->'' From the bosom of Edebali rose the full moon,''
-->''and inclining towards the bosom of Osman it sank upon it, and was lost to sight.''
-->''After that a goodly tree sprang forth, which grew in beauty and in strength, ever greater and greater.''
-->''still did the ambracing verdure of its boughs and branches cast an ampler and an ampler shade, ''
-->'' until they canopied the extreme horizon of the three parts of the world. Under the tree stood''
-->''four mountains, which he knew to be Caucasus,''
-->''Atlas, Taurus, and Haemus.''
-->''Osman's Dream'', [[TheEpic the traditional epic]] of the Ottoman Empire

Interestingly the Turkish army does not have a tradition of neutrality in internal politics. In fact the Turks often believe that an occasional temporary [[DirtyBusiness military takeover]] clears the air, and keeps their state stable and orderly. Sort of the ghost of Ataturk. It is probably not ideal. Thanks (among other things) to wanting to make nice with the EuropeanUnion (on the off-chance that Turkey would be let in), the recent discovery and thwarting of a coup plot, and a smart chief of staff, this trend seems to be on the downtick of late, however: the military clearly dislikes the way the current government does things, but thus far it hasn't really tried to do very much about it. Indeed, when a few junior officers were found planning a coup, the senior staff quickly put the kibosh on it, and once the civilian government got wind of the plot, the officers were brought to trial.

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** Which is especially ironic, given that if anything working for [[AxeCrazy The Three Pashas]] probably means that the inverse was closer to being true.

*** Later Sultans were more careful of their lives and / or more respectful of the lives of their siblings. Probably the first; one is mildly skeptical about the court of the Sublime Porte being an empire of brotherly love.

* The ''{{Total War}}'' series features the Ottoman Empire as a playable faction in the original ''Medieval'' and it's sequel, ''Medieval II''.

** WorldWarI was low on the atrocity scale compared to WorldWarII(admittedly being more chivalrous than WorldWarII isn't obvious praise) and neither of the two sides at Gallipoli thought the other was trying to exterminate their way of life.