Yes, thanks for your additions. To understand the level of repression in the Balkans under Ottoman rule, consider this tower built only a bit over 200 years ago out of almost 1000 skulls of soldiers:
Afterwards, the Ottomans, many of whom were of African heritage, were pillaging, impaling, and enslaving the local European population, well into 19th century.
This might come as a surprise to many Americans, used to black and white stereotypes.