[Mr Radical]

The Turks were just way better fighters
No, I think they were just being driven by a terror/death cult.

[Trumpinator]

I was responding to someone who wrote "The Turks were just way better fighters".

That is not true. They Turks lost many fights and their empire was less an occupation and more of a tribute scheme.

Also, the plague took its toll on the population of cities while the Turks were living in tents outside of cities. So the Turks were not ravaged by the plague as much.