Ottoman troops

What does yeni ceri mean in Turkish, anyway?

Edited by the Bulgarian - 25-May-2006 at 15:09

I got this off of wikipedia. There were kapikulu which were basically slaves, also there were azzabs which built things and resupplied supplies, the bashi-bazouk were a type of azzab who were the rough, and poor branch. They were very brutal. The akincis were part of the (alti boluk) branches of calvary. They were mostly scouts. The sipahis were the most important of the calvary. Hope this helps.

       Here is a picture of an akinci.

Yes Akinci were more like archers of today
Yeni-Ceri werent troups or army like other branches, they were elite of elite, and were only sub-serviant to Sultan only.Were strong with huge hats.They were also Meshter troops, thats Band that accompanied Ottoman soldiers into battle

Topulpasha they were heavy artilery of these days

Actually Bashibozuks were irregulars, they werent in any army.Mainly they were Cherkez or Kurds, but others belonged in their ranks.Their salary was war plunder and many times they rebelled against Ottoman state in the past.But were brutal sometimes, so even Sultan feared them

Do you really want to know what kind of soldier wete jannysaris(yenicari).Most of them were taken by turkish when they were a childrens from slaveries like bulgarians,serbs and others.

Originally posted by Desimir Do you really want to know what kind of soldier wete jannysaris(yenicari).Most of them were taken by turkish when they were a childrens from slaveries like bulgarians,serbs and others.

Edited by xi_tujue - 14-Sep-2006 at 01:42

Originally posted by Batu no they are a kind of soldiers who beat people like bulgarians,serbs and others :)

Azaps are berzerkers.

sipahi,kapıkulu,humbaracılar,lağamcılar...

they work @undergroung during the sieges