As for what they get paid, it depends on rank and time in service. For a Private (E1), the 2012 pay chart would have them start off at a base pay of $1491/month, and this could go all the way up to a base pay of $2885 for a Staff Sergeant (E6) with more than six years in service.
The goal of the Young Turks was to modernize and reinvigorate the faltering empire and stop Europe from taking Ottoman territoryâstarting with Macedonia.
The Ottoman Empire grew up in Anatolia (in modern Turkey) during the 13th and 14th centuries, and spread throughout south-western Europe, much of the Middle East and North Africa during the 14th, 15th and 16th centuries. Its extent, duration and impact made it one of the greatest empires in world history.