The Brutal Massacre That Ended the Janissaries

The Brutal Massacre That Ended the Janissaries | June 15, 1826 - The Auspicious Incident

Discover the shocking true story of how Sultan Mahmud II massacred 10,000 Janissaries in June 1826, ending 440 years of Ottoman Empire's elite military corps through fire, blood, and the infamous Blood Tower executions in Constantinople.
This documentary reveals the complete rise and fall of the Janissaries—from the devshirme child soldier system that kidnapped Christian boys from the Balkans, to their transformation into Europe's deadliest standing army that conquered Constantinople and half of Europe, to their catastrophic corruption as urban terrorists, culminating in the brutal Auspicious Incident when Sultan Mahmud II incinerated 4,000 Janissaries in the Et Meydanı barracks and executed 6,000 more in the Blood Tower (Kanlı Kule) massacre.
This is the complete story of history's most spectacular military rise and most brutal fall—from stolen children to burning barracks, from elite warriors who shattered European armies at the Battle of Mohács and Fall of Constantinople, to corrupt kingmakers who murdered sultans and terrorized civilians, to their ultimate destruction through calculated massacre, religious manipulation with the Holy Banner (Sancak-ı Şerif), and Sultan Mahmud II's 18-year plan to exterminate the unreformable Janissary corps and build a modern European-trained military.
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CHAPTERS:
00:00 - The Janissaries
00:58 - The Burning Barracks of June 15, 1826
02:18 - Building Soldiers from Stolen Christian Children - The Devshirme System
03:20 - Military Training: Breaking and Rebuilding Child Soldiers
04:24 - The Rise: When Janissaries Conquered Half of Europe
04:58 - Battle of Kosovo, Fall of Constantinople, Battle of Mohács
06:15 - The Fall: From Elite Warriors to Urban Terrorists
07:13 - Corruption & Kingmakers: Murdering Sultans for Reform
08:32 - The Sultan's Trap: Mahmud II's 18-Year Preparation
10:10 - May 1826: The Bait - Sekban-ı Cedit Announcement
11:05 - The Holy Banner: Turning Politics into Holy War
11:56 - The Inferno at Et Meydanı Barracks
13:10 - The Purge: Empire-Wide Extermination & Blood Tower Executions
14:25 - The Lesson of Fire and Blood

⚔️ JANISSARIES: COMPLETE HISTORY (1380s-1826):
THE DEVSHIRME CREATION

🎯 WHY THIS MATTERS:
The Janissaries represent history's longest-running child soldier program (250+ years), military innovation that conquered half of Europe, and spectacular corruption that required mass extermination to end. From devshirme kidnapping to Blood Tower executions—this is power that cannot be controlled, and must be destroyed.
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Was Sultan Mahmud II justified in massacring 10,000 men without trials?
Could the Janissary corps have been reformed instead of exterminated?
Is this the most brutal military purge in history?
How does June 15, 1826 compare to other historical massacres?
Should this be called the "Auspicious Incident" or "Janissary Genocide"?

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