Of course I'm not a salafi but I want to get some things straightened out. A salafi is someone who follows the way of the first 3 generations of Muslims because they believe they practiced the purest of Islam. They're not wrong. Shafi, Hanbali, Hanafi and Maliki are followed by the Salafi as they fall under the category of the first 3 generations. They tend to favour the Hanbali though who was the strictest in interpretation.
The Ottoman Empire was taken down by the secularists movements within mainland Turkey.
The Ottomans introduced many unislamic laws, they decriminalised homosexuality, revoked Jizya and apostasy law and even outlawed slavery which continued in Arab/Muslim countries till the 60s. The Ottoman Empire, in my opinion, was a force for good.
Also, the Arabs revolted against the Ottomans because they were nationalists. They had Arab nationalist goals. The Ottomans, as far they were concerned, were foreigners.
I despise them but it seems we despise them for different reasons.