The devshirme, a program in which they kidnapped Christian boys, converted them to Islam, and raised them either to be members of an elite military fighting force called the Janissaries, or to be government bureaucrats.

在 devshirme 计划中， 他们绑架了基督教男孩，将他们皈依伊斯兰教，并将他们培养为精英军事战斗部队的成员， 称为 Janissaries， 或者成为政府官僚。