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Turkish Empire
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Turkish Empire
n
(Historical Terms) another name for the Ottoman Empire
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Ot′toman Em′pire
n.
a Turkish state that was founded about 1300 by Osman and reached its greatest territorial extent under Suleiman in the 16th century; collapsed after World War I. Cap.: Constantinople.
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