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(tr) Devşirme or (en) devshirmeh (bloodtax) was a system of taking every fifth child from occupied areas under the Ottoman empire.

Taken from the English wikipedia. Original text: An old Ottoman gravure of the devshirmeh in Bulgaria. Uploaded by en:user:A3ure

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