About the Turks starting position

[Sun of Chersonesos]

Problem with the Moor starting position is that unless they rapidly get some good land (ie. Spain) they'll be thoroughly buggered; no matter how good geographically defended you are, no matter how long it takes to reach you, if you have no cash you're done for, inevitably.

well i suppose that the Moors will establish trade rights with factions and it will be easy to capture all parts of Africa that are on the map. I don't think that's bad economics, even if the rebel african provinces don't have much money.

If the Turks take a city/castle then that city/castle is a valid target for a crusade so yes the pope might intervene.

Indeed but what im trying to say is that the pope won't take sides since neither turks nor byzant's are catholic. He will obviously just let the faction who took it have it.