When the Party in the 1979 decided to intervene in the bedrooms of its population by limiting births per couple to only one child in urban areas and up to two children in rural areas, less was known about the consequences that decision will have decades later. Reasoning lay in planned economy and reducing the population growth due to restricted resources. Once a good plan, later will show its weak spot.
Being at the top often creates an illusion that such a state will never end. In reality, the peak is the beginning of inevitable decline. The decline rarely arrives loudly. It comes quietly, driven by different factors, not always at the same time, making it even less visible.
The Empire was born on a myth saying that its founder, Osman, had a mystical dream where the moon came to his chests and tree started to grow out of his navel. Its branches are stretched across three continents making a shade over them. Be it a myth or not, Ottoman Empire was indeed one of the greatest empires ever, ruling the territories of many cultures, religions and languages.