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Ottoman Devshirme system is often described negatively with words such as 'kidnapping' or 'stealing' yet Bosnian Muslims demanded that the system include them after their conversion. How was this system truly seen by the those affected by it?

by /u/Alpy94 in /r/AskHistorians

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