 They concluded that the ' Greek lands ' are located in a privileged geographic location at the crossroads of three continents : Europe , Asia and Africa , however , as the Ottoman administration was incapable of reinforcing the rule of law , economic activity couldn 't flourish . Thus , they addressed the political and economic instability of the Ottoman Empire that struggled to maintain control over different ethnicities and huge territories . As a consequence of that lack of control , many Greeks were impelled to seek protection outside the Ottoman Empire , while the ones that had not abandoned their lands , suffered under a terrible Ottoman regime , and had no educational rights . 
