No, the Ottoman Empire was not the largest and most influential Christian empire. It was a large and influential Islamic empire.
The Ottoman Empire
Thessaloniki was the first capital of the Byzantine Empire (for about 10 years) and then became the second-largest city in the Byzantine and Ottoman empires. It is now the largest city in geographical Macedonia and the second-largest city in Greece.
The largest and most powerful Muslim empire was the Ottoman Empire.
The Ottoman Empire was not the largest Muslim Empire as the Umayyad Empire in 749 CE was larger. However, it may be the most influential Muslim Empire, but that is up to the perception of the person discussing it.
The Republic of Turkey
Oran is a city on the Mediterranean coast in northwestern Algeria. Oran marked the largest westernmost metropolitan area of the then Ottoman Empire.
Led by Mehmed II, Ottoman Turks captured the city in 1453. After that, it became part of the Ottoman Empire.
The Ottoman Empire spanned much more than just the city of Bethlehem. Bethlehem was under the rule of the Ottoman Empire from 1517 to the early 1900s.
Turkey did not yet exist as a country in 1915. It was still part of the Ottoman Empire. The capital of the Ottoman Empire in 1915 was Constantinople, the city now known as Istanbul.
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