Why didn't the Ottomans Colonise the Americas? (Short Animated Documentary)

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Why didn't the Ottoman Empire colonise the Americas? Mostly, it was geography and a confidence that it wouldn't change the balance of power.

Sources:

Law in China or Conquest in the Americas: Competing Constructions of Political Space in the Early Modern Ottoman Empire by Baki Tezcan in: Journal of World History, Vol. 24 (2013).

The Era of Suleyman the Magnificent: Crisis of Orientation by Subhi Labib in: International Journal of Middle East Studies, Vol. 10 (1979).