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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottoman_Empire#Decline_and_mod...

"As the Ottoman state attempted to modernize its infrastructure and army in response to outside threats, it opened itself up to a different kind of threat: that of creditors."

That's the closest thing I found related.




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