- Ottoman Turks
- A Turkic group with origins in Asia that entered Asia Minor in the 13th century. After 1300, under Osman I, the Ottomans began to expand, generally at the expense of the Byzantine Empire. The Ottomans established themselves in Europe in the 1360s, taking control of large parts of Serbia, Bosnia, and Bulgaria, establishing their capital at Adrianople, then at Constantinople following the capture of the city in 1453.