Why did the Ottoman Empire come to be known as the "Sick Man of Europe" and was it a fair label?

by LiberalsrKool
slightly_offtopic

I don't want to discourage new answers, but this topic has been discussed before, for example u/IAmAHistoryMajor goes through Ottoman history here, while /u/chamboz [explains] (https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/77x3yp/whats_wrong_with_the_decline_thesis_in_ottoman/) why the label might not be entirely fair.