How to convert Ottomans to Orthodox/Catholic?

[Krischo]

Hello guys. Recently I saw some nice screenshots in "Post your Empire" thread which had Christian Ottomans. How it can be done without modding the game? Is it even possible?

 

[Gundi]

You would need to have at least half of your provinces be Orthodox/Catholic, after which you could accept the demands of Orthodox/Catholic rebels and convert. This is actually not very difficult for the Ottomans to do, since all of their Greek provinces start off Orthodox and it's very easy for the Ottomans to get even more Orthodox provinces. Once you have an Orthodox majority, you'd simply need to start sending missionaries to your Greek holdings which would quickly spark religious rebels.

 

[Krischo]

Thanks bro! Gonna roll through Europe as an Orthodox Ottomans now!

 

[DDRJake]

Note that any country with more than 50% of their provinces as a certain religion can become that religion by accepting zealot rebel demands. Sunni Spain, Hindu Delhi or Buddhist Ryukyu are possibilities to play with.

 

[Avernite]

Note that any country with more than 50% of their provinces as a certain religion can become that religion by accepting zealot rebel demands. Sunni Spain, Hindu Delhi or Buddhist Ryukyu are possibilities to play with.

Catholic Japan is even easier, they have events spawning more catholics

 

[ErikHeinrichs]

Note that any country with more than 50% of their provinces as a certain religion can become that religion by accepting zealot rebel demands. Sunni Spain, Hindu Delhi or Buddhist Ryukyu are possibilities to play with.

It's actually 50.0%, not more than 50%

 

[Ololorium]

Is there some kind of strategy to get Catholic Ottomans? I hardly can see any besides extremely gamey things like selling all your Sunni provinces.

 

[TheMeInTeam]

Note that any country with more than 50% of their provinces as a certain religion can become that religion by accepting zealot rebel demands. Sunni Spain, Hindu Delhi or Buddhist Ryukyu are possibilities to play with.

I read that during war, rebels can't break a country. If that is true, declaring on a junk OPM while the zealots sweep across the country could get you very close to religious unity before they enforce demands.

 

[grisamentum]

Is there some kind of strategy to get Catholic Ottomans? I hardly can see any besides extremely gamey things like selling all your Sunni provinces.

Catholic Ottomans is easiest via Orthodox Ottomans.

1. Day 1: declare war on Urbino; start improving relations with Austria
2. finish off Albania and Byzantium (full annex Byzantium = free vassalage over Athens too; don't move capital or core Greece yet)
3. provoke Orthodox rebels and convert to Orthodox; core Urbino
4. move capital Urbino; release as many vassals as necessary to get Austria to let you in to the HRE (Byzantium, Bulgaria, Mentese and probably sell parts of Anatolia to Mentese)
5. join HRE
6. Austria will demand you convert to Catholicism; accept

Now you are Catholic Ottomans.

 

[Ololorium]

Catholic Ottomans is easiest via Orthodox Ottomans.

1. Day 1: declare war on Urbino; start improving relations with Austria
2. finish off Albania and Byzantium (full annex Byzantium = free vassalage over Athens too; don't move capital or core Greece yet)
3. provoke Orthodox rebels and convert to Orthodox; core Urbino
4. move capital Urbino; release as many vassals as necessary to get Austria to let you in to the HRE (Byzantium, Bulgaria, Mentese and probably sell parts of Anatolia to Mentese)
5. join HRE
6. Austria will demand you convert to Catholicism; accept

Now you are Catholic Ottomans.

Great, thanks. Btw, does the Emperor demand the conversion all the time, regardless of your size/strength/relations? It would be nice to join the HRE and become Catholic as Novgorod, for example.

 

[grisamentum]

Great, thanks. Btw, does the Emperor demand the conversion all the time, regardless of your size/strength/relations? It would be nice to join the HRE and become Catholic as Novgorod, for example.

Well the emperor won't let you in if you're too big. So if you're joining you're going to be small anyway. I have never had the emperor NOT demand I convert when I joined as Orthodox - happened in my Byzantium playthrough, too.

 

[Novacat]

Note that any country with more than 50% of their provinces as a certain religion can become that religion by accepting zealot rebel demands. Sunni Spain, Hindu Delhi or Buddhist Ryukyu are possibilities to play with.

50% is not even needed, the religion you want to convert to just needs to have more basetax than any of the other religions individually... You can convert to a religion you only have 25% of so long as no other religion makes up more than 25% of your basetax.