What would make the Ottoman Empire survive?
In 1656 Mehmed Kuprulu becomes Grand Vizier until 1661. Besides the consolidation of the Empire and the successful war against Venice and Transylvania, he manages to curtail the Sultan’s powers through an emergency proclamation, after the sipahi revolt of 1657. Even if this reform was meant only for the duration of Mehmed’s rule, his son, Ahmed Pasa, Grand Vizier (1661-1676), manages to amplify his father’s wishes by appointing the first Parliament in 1670, after the conquest of Crete. The Ottoman Parliament is actually a gathering of the most noble families of the Empire, a sort of counterweight to the Sultan’s informal power. The next Vizier (1676-1691), Kara-Mustafa Pasa, defeats the Christian Armies at Viena and concludes a successful peace. More importantly, he kills Mehmed IVth and replaces him with Suleiman II, a puppet that is forced to accept for him and his descendants a mere ceremonial role. Over the next two centuries, the Empire undergoes through major changes, including a
