14.1 (A) Ottoman Rule over Southeastern Europeans (Balkans, Greece, Hungary)

Empire: Ottoman Empire

Populations ruled: Greeks, Serbs, Bulgarians, Albanians, Romanians, Hungarians (white groups)

Treatment

• People paid extra taxes if they were Christian.
• Local laws and customs were allowed, but under Ottoman authority.
• Boys were sometimes taken through the devshirme system to serve in the Janissary military.

Communities had to follow Ottoman courts on major issues.