Quote Originally Posted by Martok
Actually, the conventional wisdom is that it's usually better for the Turks to take out the Eggies first, and *then* turn on the Byz. Egyptian units aren't as tough as the Byzantines', in addition to which taking their lands will increase your income that much faster as well. I've not played as the Turks very much myself, but the vast majority of people who do tend to have better luck if they eliminate their fellow Muslims before going after the Greeks.
Fair enough. As I wrote earlier, no big expert with the Turks. Perhaps it has to do with how fast you're able to get rid of the Egyptian. I've seen people claiming it could be done within a few turns after having taken the sultan prisoner a few time but I have never managed to do that

The two times I tried that, war with the Egyptian lasted quite a while and when I had finished the Egyptian I had an awful time against the Byz and catholic crusades and only managed a kind of stalemate .... Got to Constantinople in the beguinning of the high period ... Then the GH showed up ... then civil war ... then no more Turkish sultan (a sad story indeed )