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While the early Ottoman empire was supported by the manpower of Turkic groups, it came to be led by diverse warrior families, including the family of Köse Mihal, which had a Greek Christian origin. Did Byzantium hold resentment towards "one of their own" for helping the rise of the Ottomans?

by /u/Spirited-Pause in /r/AskHistorians

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