Karaman

Primary culture

Turkish (Levantine)

Capital province

Karaman (324)

Government

Autocracy

State religion

Sunni

Technology group

Anatolian

Karamanid ideas

Traditions:

+0.5 Yearly army tradition

−20% Core-creation cost

Mehmet Bey's Firman

−10% Stability cost modifier

−20% Culture conversion cost

Ghazi

+20% Manpower recovery speed

Karamanid Cavalry

+15% Cavalry combat ability

Seize the Opportunity

+1 Diplomat

Karamanid Architecture

−10% Development cost

Home of the Whirling Dervishes

+20% Religious unity

True Heirs of the Seljuk Empire

+1 Yearly legitimacy

Ambition:

+5% Discipline

For the area, see Karaman (area).

Karaman is a beylik in Anatolia. It starts out surrounded on 2 sides by the Ottomans to its west and north with the Mediterranean sea to its south with the other Turkish Beyliks to its east. It borders Ramazan and Dulkadir alongside Cyprus and Mamluks through the Gulf of Cyprus to the south. Karaman has a fort in province Içel.

Decision[edit]

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Restore the Sultanate of Rûm

Once, the Sultanate of Rûm united all the Turkish Beys and Emirs of Anatolia, but it was brought down by jealous and deceitful enemies from afar. By tearing down the empires that defile the memory of the Seljuk dynasty we can restore the Sultanate that once was. Let us unite the Beys under our banner and bring destruction upon those that would dream themselves our overlords!

Potential requirements

Rûm does not exist.

The country:

was never an end-game tag.
is not Prussia or England.
is not the Emperor of China.
has Turkish as primary culture.
is not a colonial nation.
has not yet enacted this decision.

If the country is AI-controlled then it

can not be a custom nation.
can not be a former colonial nation.

Allow

The Ottomans and Byzantium do not exist.

The country:

is Muslim.
is not a subject nation.^[1]
is not a nomad nation.
is not at war.
owns its core provinces:
- Constantinople (151), Kocaeli (316), Konya (323), Ankara (326), Sivas (329), Erzurum (331), Kayseri (2301) and Sultanönü (4312).

Effects

The country:

changes to Rûm.
gains 25 prestige.
gets permanent claims on all provinces of Anatolia that it does not already own.
gets the modifier ‘Increased Centralization’ for 20 years with the following effects:
- −0.05 monthly autonomy change,
- +1 national unrest.

If Rûm:

is not a monarchy and not revolutionary
- then it becomes a monarchy and enacts the ‘Ottoman Government’ government reform.
is a member of the Holy Roman Empire but not the emperor or an elector,
- then all its provinces are removed from the HRE.
is a duchy,
- then it becomes a kingdom.
does not have custom ideas,
- then it gets the event ‘New Traditions & Ambitions’.

Strategy[edit]

The below is one of many player suggested strategies for Karaman. Bear in mind, due to the dynamic nature of the game, it may unfold differently for other players.

So if you want to form the Sultanate of Rûm first, go to war with Ramazan if they are allies with Candar, vassalize Candar and annex them after ten years. Ally with Aq Qoyunlu (Break your alliance after the war with Dulkadir), They may have a war against Dulkadir. Dulkadir's alliance chain should be only Hisn Kayfa, but a restart might be necessary if they manage to ally someone larger like Mamluks. If their allies are weak, declare war on them but don't call in Aq Qoyunlu until after you have occupied Dulkadir's provinces. After that war, take some time to get ready for war with Aq Qoyunlu. Break the alliance with Aq Qoyunlu and check their alliances and see what you can do to remove them. In the war, call in the Mamluks on promise of land and give one province to the Mamluks so they don’t get mad at you. If you win the war annex the territories needed to form Rûm. Go after Trebizond and the other Caucasus minors until you have 10 favors with the Mamluks. After you have 10 favors with the Mamluks, declare war on the Ottomans. You will have to fight a couple of tough wars to destroy the Ottomans, but with the Mamluks on your side there will be no problem beating them. In the first war, take all provinces to form Rûm and Istanbul if possible. You'll have to fully annex them to form Rûm. If you did annex the Ottomans, Congratulations, you can now form Rûm.

An alternate, more gamey approach to beat the Ottomans is to ally every power you can in the first year and no-cb Byzantium. Don't capture Constantinople, but clear out Morea after having received military access from the Ottomans. When Morea is cleared move your troops to Kirklise north of Constantinople. When the ottomans declare on Byzantium (they will move their troops to Edirne in preparation) move in quickly to become siege leader. When you have 100 warscore, vassalize Byzantium. You will now be leader of the defensive war the Ottomans declared against your vassal. Call in your allies against the Ottomans. Get forts in this first war and mop up the Beyliks during the truce, don't take your or byzantiums cores but keep them for a low-AE second war. Instead, get the forts and key provinces in anatolia.

Alternative strategy

Improve relations with the Mamluks and ally them. Initially they will be over their diplomatic relations limit but once they flip to Friendly the bonus from that will outweigh the diplomatic relations malus. Setting your attitude towards the Ottomans to Threatened will also help. Be patient and wait for the Ottomans to get involved in a war elsewhere, for example against Candar, Byzantium or Albania. The bigger the war they get into the better. Declare war on the Ottomans calling in the Mamluks using the promise of land. The Mamluks are a match for the Ottomans at the beginning of the game so you have a good chance of winning this war especially if you make separate peace deals with the Ottomans' allies as soon as possible. If you are lucky then the Ottomans will also lose their other war weakening them even further.

Don't underestimate them and don't get greedy! This isn't an all or nothing strategy so if it looks like the tide is turning make peace while you are ahead and repeat the strategy until you dominate Anatolia.