Talk:European Turkey
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Even though the Turkish army besieged Vienna once, the Turkish Empire never actually had a common border with Austria. In between was the Kingdom of Hungary, basically devoting the whole of the nation's efforts to manning and maintaining a powerful fortress system stretching from the Mediterranean to Transylvania in the east. This became necessary since it was subjected to continuous attacks from the Turkish Empire. It can be argued that the Hapsburg-led Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation had near-complete power over the Kingdom of Hungary. However, it was never de facto part of it, although it had Hapsburg monarchs at that time. It took the role of the buffer zone between the Hapsburg and the Turkish Empires.(Koskoci (talk) 22:06, 15 March 2008 (UTC))
