Ottoman history is replete with bloodshed unparalleled in the annals of historical records. Over the course of more than six centuries, the Ottoman Turks transformed their country into a sprawling empire. Through massacres, the Ottomans filled the hearts of European and Arab peoples with dread and fear in both the East and the West, after subjugating vast regions in Southeastern and Central Europe to their rule.
One of the most heinous incidents recorded in history occurred in 1516 in the city of Aleppo, Syria. It is estimated that around 90,000 men, women, and children from the Alawite sect were killed. The massacre was named “Al-Tel/ The Hill التل” due to the brutality of the Ottoman armies, who collected the heads of the victims and piled them up in the centre of the city in the shape of a large hill. To this day, this area in Aleppo is known as “Al-Tellal/Hills التلل.”
In Constantinople, now known as Istanbul, a massacre occurred in 1851 involving the mass execution of Greek Christians and the hanging of the Orthodox Patriarch of Constantinople, Gregory V.
The massacre of Christians in the city of Jeddah stands as evidence of Ottoman crimes. It occurred in 1858 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, during which dozens of merchants and foreigners were killed, including the wife of the French consul. Foreign shops were looted, and their buildings destroyed, as noted by Bruce Masters in the Encyclopaedia of the Ottoman Empire.
Between 1914 and 1922, the Greek genocide occurred in Anatolia, one of the largest crimes in modern history. During this period, the Ottomans carried out widespread killing campaigns against the Greek Christian minorities, involving forced deportations and the destruction of Orthodox Christian cultural, historical, and religious landmarks. The number of victims ranged between 450,000 and 750,000.
In 1915, the Ottoman armies carried out the Sayfo massacres, resulting in the deaths of 250,000 to 500,000 people. This year also witnessed the Armenian Genocide, which targeted the Armenian population in the Ottoman Empire, resulting in the deaths of 1.5 million people, along with thousands of injured and missing.
Skinning humans alive!
Saint Teodor or Theodore (Nestorović) was an Orthodox Bishop of Vršac, Serbia,(Свети свештеномученик Теодор (Несторовић) Вршачки) in the 16th century. His feast day is May 16/29.
He is commemorated twice a year in the Byzantine Church, on May 16th and May 29th.
During the Austro-Turkish War (1593–1606), many Serbians suffered under the Turkish Islamic warriors.
The Serbs in Banat decided to protect their families from these Turkish troops and asked their bishop, Teodor, to lead them.
He joined the rebellion against the Turks in 1593.
The Serbs liberated some towns but in the end were defeated. Bishop Teodor, along with a large group of people, left for Transylvania. The Turks then promised that they would stop killing innocent people if Teodor were to return.
When he did, he was seized and then killed in a terrible fashion: his skin was ripped off.
Wherever the Ottomans went, all the peoples under their rule experienced their oppression and brutality. The discussion of Ottoman crimes has not and will not end, even after several decades. The regions that fell under their control still suffer from the repercussions of that so-called caliphate.
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