How Successful Was The Ottoman Empire

The Ottoman Empire was one of the most powerful, longest lasting empires of all time. It was formed by a sultan named Osman in 1299 A.D. He started to expand the empire and make it one of the most feared. Janissaries protected the sultans and fought for them, for they were a major part of expanding the empire. The empire grew and grew eventually becoming it's most powerful under Suleiman “The Magnificent.”
After Suleiman’s rule of the Ottoman Empire in 1566, a rumor arose that the ottoman that he owned was possessed by his ghost. Ten years before the failed invasion of Vienna the ottoman told the Sultan that an attempt to capture Vienna would be a risk worth not taking and would signal the beginning of a downfall of the empire. After that incident, it was told that the ottoman could predict the future of the Ottoman Empire’s actions before they came to be.
All these predictions came to fruition. The people in the Ottoman Empire became very fearful of the ottoman but tried to use the object to their advantage by listening to it so they didn’t make the mistakes it was predicting.
This plan turned out to be their downfall; the ottoman knew the people were trying to use it as a warning of what was to come. The ottoman’s next prediction was that in 1922 the Ottoman Empire would rise to its former glory. So, everyone just sat around, going about their daily lives just believing it would happen. The ottoman never went into very much detail with its predictions and never talked about what events or actions would have to be taken to achieve this