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Fixing an old event for the Fall of Hungary

Added command to reduce the fortress of Banat by one level, simulating the seizure of the Fortress of Orsova.

# The Invasion of Hungary
event = {
id = 19013
trigger = {
event = 19010
}
random = no
country = HUN
name = "EVENTNAME19013"
desc = "EVENTHIST19013"
style = 2
date = { day = 22 month = august year = 1526 }
offset = 0
deathdate = { day = 22 month = August year = 1526 }

action_a ={
name = "ACTIONNAME19013A"
command = { type = trigger which = 19014 } #Battle of Mohacs
command = { type = secedeprovince which = TUR value = 355 } #Serbia
command = { type = fortress which = 354 value = -1 }#Fortress of Orsova
}

action_b ={
name = "ACTIONNAME19013B"
command = { type = relation which = HAB value = -100 }
command = { type = relation which = PAP value = -50 }
command = { type = relation which = SPA value = -50 }
command = { type = relation which = CAS value = -50 } #In case Spain never formed
command = { type = relation which = TUR value = 100 }
command = { type = stability value = -4 }
command = { type = secedeprovince which = TUR value = 355 }#Serbia
command = { type = fortress which = 354 value = -1 }#Fortress of Orsova
command = { type = trigger which = 19011 } #Lajos submits to Suleyman
}
}
 
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New version of event 50013 - Opportunate moment

This is currently an event by which Teke declares war on the OE during the 1421-23 War between the OE and Byzantium. It didn't happen that way. Actually in 1426, the minor Turkish states of Aydin, Mentese, and Teke were re-annexed by the Ottoman Empire. They don't seem to have put up a fight in any sources I can find.

#Aydin, Mentese, and Teke#
event = {

id = 50013
random = no
country = TUR
name = "EVENTNAME50013"
desc = "EVENTHIST50013"
style = 1

date = { day = 1 month = january year = 1426}
offset = 360
deathdate = { day = 1 month = january year = 1427 }

action_a ={
name = "ACTIONNAME50013A" #Annex them!
command = { type = domestic which = centralization value = 3 }
command = { type = provincemanpower which = 478 value = 2 }
command = { type = provincemanpower which = 1610 value = 1} #Antalya
command = { type = provincetax which = 478 value = 4 }
command = { type = provincetax which = 1610 value = 2} #Antalya

}
}
 
Germiyan was another minor Turkish state, roughly between Antalya and Smyrna.

#Germiyan#
event = {

id = 50034
random = no
country = TUR
name = "EVENTNAME50034"
desc = "EVENTHIST50034" #In 1428, the Ottomans absorbed the ghazi state of Germiyan.
style = 1

date = { day = 1 month = january year = 1428}
offset = 360
deathdate = { day = 1 month = january year = 1429 }

action_a ={
name = "ACTIONNAME50034A" #Annex them!
command = { type = domestic which = centralization value = 1 }
command = { type = provincemanpower which = 478 value = 1 } #Smyrna
command = { type = provincetax which = 478 value = 2 } #Smyrna
command = { type = provincetax which = 1610 value = 1} #Antalya

}
}
 
#Fratricide!#

event= {
id = 50035
random = no
country = TUR
name = "EVENTNAME50035"
desc = "EVENTDESC50035" #Selim I had his two brothers and five nephews strangeled on his succession. This ensured that there would be no rival claimants to his throne.
style = 2
date = { day = 1 month = may year = 1512 }
action_a ={
name = "ACTIONNAME50035A" #Kill them!
command = { type = stability value = 3 }
}
}
 
#Fratricide!#

event= {
id = 50036
random = no
country = TUR
name = "EVENTNAME50035"
desc = "EVENTDESC50036" #Suleyman I was an only son. This ensured that there would be no rival claimants to his throne.
style = 2
date = { day = 22 month = september year = 1520 }
action_a ={
name = "ACTIONNAME50036A" #I have no rivals!
command = { type = stability value = 3 }
}
}
 
#Fratricide!#

event= {
id = 50037
random = no
country = TUR
name = "EVENTNAME50035"
desc = "EVENTDESC50037" #Selim II's brothers and nephews had all died or been executed before his succession. This ensured that there would be no rival claimants to his throne.
style = 2
date = { day = 7 month = september year = 1566 }
action_a ={
name = "ACTIONNAME50036A" #I have no rivals!
command = { type = stability value = 3 }
}
}
 
#Fratricide!#

event= {
id = 50038
random = no
country = TUR
name = "EVENTNAME50035"
desc = "EVENTDESC50038" #Murad III had his brothers and nephews strangeled on his succession. This ensured that there would be no rival claimants to his throne.
style = 2
date = { day = 1 month = december year = 1574 }
action_a ={
name = "ACTIONNAME50035A" #Kill them!
command = { type = stability value = 3 }
}
}
 
#Fratricide!#

event= {
id = 50039
random = no
country = TUR
name = "EVENTNAME50035"
desc = "EVENTDESC50039" #Mehmed III had his nineteen brothers (and more nephews) strangeled on his succession. He also had six of his father's pregnant concubines sewn into sacks and drowned in the Bosporus. This ensured that there would be no rival claimants to his throne. He was the last Sultan to practice the fratricide.
style = 2
date = { day = 15 month = january year = 1595 }
action_a ={
name = "ACTIONNAME50035A" #Kill them!
command = { type = stability value = 3 }
}
}
 
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What would folks think of an extremely time consuming set of events which would simulate the constant warfare on the Ottoman border? Bascially, events for specific provinces which would check to see if the Ottomans border that province. If they do, the province gets a revolt risk until the Ottomans no longer border the province.

Conversly, Ottoman border provinces would also have a revolt risk, as they got raided in turn.
 
Won't that most likely lead to lots of independent countries arising along the border?
 
A couple new ideas for cores:

If the ottomans control Apulia in say 1550, give them cores in Napoli, Messina, and Sicily, the second 2 only if they control malta

Cyprus should be given as a core earlier, because when the ottomans annexed the mamelukes, they inherited the claim on Cyprus.

You forgot about cores in the Crimea: Kaffa and Kerch

Maybe Morocco can be added to the cores list along with Algeria if Algeria is owned around 1650 or so
 
Originally posted by Jacob Oppenheim
A couple new ideas for cores:

If the ottomans control Apulia in say 1550, give them cores in Napoli, Messina, and Sicily, the second 2 only if they control malta
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I already gave them a core on Napoli. I'm tempted with Sicily and Messina, but I don't have any evidence that the Ottomans ever claimed or tried to conquer the island. I want to stick with what's closest to history.

Cyprus should be given as a core earlier, because when the ottomans annexed the mamelukes, they inherited the claim on Cyprus.
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The Ottomans didn't try and conquer Cyprus until 1571, and the result was that Spain, Venice, the Kinghts, and a few others, IIRC, went to war over it. The seizure of Cyprus was a major shock for Europe, precisely because the Ottomans never claimed it. If Selim the Sot hadn't listened to the governor of Naxos, it's unlikely they would have siezed the island at all. That said, when they did take the island, the Cypriots didn't resist or help the Venetians in anyway. They were quite glad to be free of Latin oppression. But I want there to be a price for chosing option B in the event. You get cores on Southern Spain or Cyprus, but not both.

You forgot about cores in the Crimea: Kaffa and Kerch
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No I didn't. They're in the Conquests of Mehmet II the Conqueror event.

Maybe Morocco can be added to the cores list along with Algeria if Algeria is owned around 1650 or so
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They never took it and AFAIK they never tried to take it. If you can show me a source for an Ottoman invasion of Morocco I'll discuss it with Garbon, who's writing lots of events for North Africa.
 
The Bakshish

Between 1481 and 1826, the Sultans of the Ottoman Empire regularly made an extra payment to the Janisaries to buy and insure their loyalty. Only the ruthless Murad IV was able to forego the payments. I have to do one event for every Sultan from Bayezid II on.

#The Bakshish#

event= {
id = 50040
random = no
country = TUR
name = "The Bakshish"
desc = "When Mehmed II died, his two sons, Beyazid and Jem vied for control of the Empire. Although Jem was half as far from

Constantinople when their father died, through payments and promises to the Janissaries, Beyazid was able to secure the throne. These

payments to the Janissaries became a tradition when a new Sultan rose to the throne, and failure to meet expectations could result in a

Janisary revolt in the capital."
style = 1

date = { day = 3 month = may year = 1481 }

action_a ={
name = "Pay the Janisaries!"
command = { type = stability value = 1 }
command = { type = cash value = -20 }
}
}

#The Bakshish#

event= {
id = 50041
random = no
country = TUR
name = "The Bakshish"
desc = "Knowing Beyazid II was in ill health, Selim I sought to secure his position with the Janissaries with promises of payments

on his ascention. Having gained their support, Selim then forced the abdication of his father, who died very shortly afterwards."
style = 2

date = { day = 1 month = may year = 1512 }

action_a ={
name = "Pay the Janissaries!"
command = { type = stability value = 1 }
command = { type = cash value = -20 }
}
}

#The Bakshish#

event= {
id = 50042
random = no
country = TUR
name = "The Bakshish"
desc = "Suleyman I paid the now customary bakshish to the Janissaries soon after his succession. He paid more than his father,

and also gave money to the palace troops and functionaries."
style = 2

date = { day = 3 month = october year = 1520 }

action_a ={
name = "Pay the Janissaries!"
command = { type = stability value = 1 }
command = { type = cash value = -30 }
command = { type = domestic which = centralization value = -1 }
}
action_b ={
name = "I Owe the Janissaries Nothing!"
command = { type = stability value = -6 }
command = { type = desertion which=-2 value = 20,000 }
command = { type = revot which = -2 }
command = { type = revot which = 477 }
}
}

#The Bakshish#

event= {
id = 50043
random = no
country = TUR
name = "The Bakshish"
desc = "Selim II paid the now customary bakshish to the Janissaries soon after his succession."
style = 2

date = { day = 7 month = september year = 1566 }

action_a ={
name = "Pay the Janissaries!"
command = { type = stability value = 1 }
command = { type = cash value = -30 }
command = { type = domestic which = centralization value = -1 }
}
action_b ={
name = "I Owe the Janissaries Nothing!"
command = { type = stability value = -6 }
command = { type = desertion which=-2 value = 20,000 }
command = { type = revot which = -2 }
command = { type = revot which = 477 }
}
}

#The Bakshish#

event= {
id = 50044
random = no
country = TUR
name = "The Bakshish"
desc = "Murad III paid the now customary bakshish to the Janissaries soon after his succession."
style = 2

date = { day = 1 month = december year = 1574 }

action_a ={
name = "Pay the Janissaries!"
command = { type = stability value = 1 }
command = { type = cash value = -30 }
command = { type = domestic which = centralization value = -1 }
}
action_b ={
name = "I Owe the Janissaries Nothing!"
command = { type = stability value = -6 }
command = { type = desertion which=-2 value = 20,000 }
command = { type = revot which = -2 }
command = { type = revot which = 477 }
}
}

#The Bakshish#

event= {
id = 50045
random = no
country = TUR
name = "The Bakshish"
desc = "By the time Mehmet III ascended the throne, the Janisaries numbered almost 50,000 strong."
style = 2

date = { day = 15 month = january year = 1595 }

action_a ={
name = "Pay the Janissaries!"
command = { type = stability value = 1 }
command = { type = cash value = -60 }
command = { type = domestic which = centralization value = -1 }
command = { type = domestic which = aristocracy value = 1 }
}
action_b ={
name = "I Owe the Janissaries Nothing!"
command = { type = stability value = -6 }
command = { type = desertion which=-2 value = 50,000 }
command = { type = revot which = -2 }
command = { type = revot which = 477 }
}
}

#The Bakshish#

event= {
id = 50046
random = no
country = TUR
name = "The Bakshish"
desc = "Ahmed I paid the now customary bakshish to the Janissaries soon after his succession."
style = 3

date = { day = 22 month = december year = 1603 }

action_a ={
name = "Pay the Janissaries!"
command = { type = stability value = 1 }
command = { type = cash value = -60 }
command = { type = domestic which = centralization value = -1 }
command = { type = domestic which = aristocracy value = 1 }
}
action_b ={
name = "I Owe the Janissaries Nothing!"
command = { type = stability value = -6 }
command = { type = desertion which=-2 value = 50,000 }
command = { type = revot which = -2 }
command = { type = revot which = 477 }
}
}

#The Bakshish#

event= {
id = 50047
random = no
country = TUR
name = "The Bakshish"
desc = "Mustafa I paid the now customary bakshish to the Janissaries soon after his succession."
style = 3

date = { day = 22 month = november year = 1617 }

action_a ={
name = "Pay the Janissaries!"
command = { type = stability value = 1 }
command = { type = cash value = -60 }
command = { type = domestic which = centralization value = -1 }
command = { type = domestic which = aristocracy value = 1 }
}
action_b ={
name = "I Owe the Janissaries Nothing!"
command = { type = stability value = -6 }
command = { type = desertion which=-2 value = 50,000 }
command = { type = revot which = -2 }
command = { type = revot which = 477 }
}
}

#The Bakshish#

event= {
id = 50048
random = no
country = TUR
name = "The Bakshish"
desc = "Osman II paid the now customary bakshish to the Janissaries soon after his succession."
style = 3

date = { day = 26 month = february year = 1618 }

action_a ={
name = "Pay the Janissaries!"
command = { type = stability value = 1 }
command = { type = cash value = -60 }
command = { type = domestic which = centralization value = -1 }
command = { type = domestic which = aristocracy value = 1 }
}
action_b ={
name = "I Owe the Janissaries Nothing!"
command = { type = stability value = -6 }
command = { type = desertion which=-2 value = 50,000 }
command = { type = revot which = -2 }
command = { type = revot which = 477 }
}
}
 
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Do you think for Suleyman and after I should add an "action_b'I owe the Janisaries nothing?" The effect of this would be to remove a certain number of troops (20K+), drop stability by six, and a couple of revolts in Thrace and Anatolia.


I think so.
 
Isnt a stability drop by 6 an awful lot. I would suggest to maybe only use a stability drop on 2 and instead add revolts in certain provinces (Like Thrace and Anatolia, as you wrote). A stability drops by 6 have a very great impact on the whole nation and it seems a bit odd that, for example, farmers in far away provinces care so much about if the Sultan payes his troops or not, to justify a drop by 6. I think a lower drop of stability, dessertion and revolts in certain provinces (preferable thoose where large garrissons of jannisaries where located) is more justified. :)
 
Not paying the Jannisaries in the Ottoman Empire is a big deal. They run the army, the beurocracy, and god knows what else in the Empire.
 
I really think the Ottoman Empire should only get Turkish and perhaps by event Arab culture later but having Greek and Slavonic culture is silly. When were the Greeks and Slavs ever considered equals to the Turks and Arabs? There were some prominent Greeks and Slavs...but they were all slaves of the Sultan and were chosen for those positions precisely because they were second-class citizens and thus not a threat to seize power.
 
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