Sultan Beyazid II had eight sons. But, five of them had
premature deaths except; the oldest Ahmet, Korkut and the youngest Selim.
Ahmet was the governor of Amasya, Korkut was ruling Manisa and Selim was the governor of
Trabizon.
The statesmen were planing to dethrone Bayezid II and
enthrone Ahmed. But the Yeniceris' favorite was Selim. Ahmed failed to
win the throne struggle and the statesmen invited Korkut to the throne, but the Yeniceris
rejected his sovereign.
Sultan Bayezid could have not resisted anymore, he
invited his son Selim to Istanbul and left the throne in 1512. The Ottoman territories was
2.214.000 km2 when Bayezid was ascended and he left his son 2.375.000 km2
of land.
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