Do Turks regret the fall of the Ottoman Empire?

I will tell you in three very short paragrahps how the Turk feels about the fall of the Ottoman Empire. Keep in mind, I am a 21 year old student born and living in the Netherlands. My parents have moved here 22 years ago. Bear with me. Me (as in the young generation of Turks): No I do not regret the fall of the O.E. read more

I do not regret fall of the Ottoman Empire because it was unavoidable. Except USSR, there was no empire left ruling nations that are conscious of their national identity. Colonial empires were based on ruling undeveloped territories that did not have national identity. read more

Even in 1683 the Ottoman empire was able to besiege Vienna (they failed, but that’s beside the point). More important, however, was the naval battle of Lepanto in 1572, where Spain and Venice defeated the Ottoman fleet. read more

Many twentieth-century scholars argued that power of the Ottoman Empire began waning after the death of Suleiman the Magnificent in 1566, and without the acquisition of significant new wealth the empire went into decline, a concept known as the Ottoman Decline Thesis. read more