Duke of Serbia- Ottoman empire is not just a Tukish empire - it is not national empire but an empire of Muslims. So there is a significant difference.

IMHO it has many drawbacks. Balkan countries became in the middle of nowhere. Both in economy and the history. And there were even more to this - to some degree in the mentality as well.
To sum up: without the Ottomans the Balkans would be better. This is my personal opinion.