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The 16 pages that link to Devshirme, each with the reason it gives.

• Ottoman EmpireRelated: It supplied the palace and Janissary corps with personnel directly trained for imperial service.

• Suleiman the MagnificentRelated: The levy supplied the palace and military institutions that strengthened the sultan's central government.

• Ottoman militaryRelated: It supplied recruits for the sultan’s household troops and administrative elite.

• Ottoman courtRelated: It supplied palace and military institutions with servants whose careers depended on the dynasty.

• Selim IRelated: The system supplied the central military institution that backed Selim’s rule.

• Ottoman conquest of the BalkansRelated: It supplied the sultan with administrators and soldiers whose careers depended on the imperial state.

• Ottoman BulgariaRelated: The levy affected some Christian families in the empire’s Balkan provinces.

• Ahmed IRelated: It supplied the imperial institutions, including the Janissary corps, active during Ahmed’s reign.

• Bayezid IIRelated: The recruitment system supplied elite servants and soldiers during Bayezid’s reign.

• Murad IIRelated: It supplied the imperial household troops and officials central to Ottoman rule under Murad.

• Classical Age of the Ottoman EmpireRelated: It supplied the palace and military with servants whose advancement depended on the sultan.

• History of the Ottoman EmpireRelated: It supplied elite administrators and soldiers while tying advancement to the sultan’s household.

• History of TurkeyRelated: It supplied trained officials and soldiers to the empire’s central institutions.

• Rise of the Ottoman EmpireRelated: Its later institutions strengthened the central authority built during Ottoman expansion.