Possible Clues:

• Comfy footstools
• Residents of former Turkish Empire
• Foot props
• The Young Turks perhaps could be props for the footy types
• Oil fellow's put into seats
• Cushy footstools
• The Young Turks perhaps could be footy types of props
• Members of the empire based in Byzantium
• Conquerors of the Byzantines
• They help people get a leg up