Ottoman Marıtıme Wars, 1416-1700

Preliminary Remarks and Acknowledgments

Preface: The Waterfront of the Ottoman Empire

Introduction: the Rise of Ottoman Turkey from Principality to Empire

1. First War with Venice, 1416-1418
2. Second War with Venice, 1463-147923
3. The Siege of Rhodes, 1480; the Campaign in Puglia (Pulya seferi), 1480-1481
4. The Conquest of Kilia and Akkerman, 1484
5. Ottoman Gazi-Corsairs
6. Third War with Venice, 1499-1502
7. The Great Sixteenth Century
8. The Conquest of Mamluk Syria and Egypt, 1516-1517
9. The Conquest of Algiers, second decade of the 16^th century
10. The Conquest of Rhodes, 1522
11. The Rising Fame of Hayreddin Barbarossa
12. A Historic Appointment, and the First Conquest of Tunis, 1534
13. The Loss of Tunis to the Habsburg Emperor, 1535
14. Fourth War with Venice, 1537-1540
15. The Siege of Corfu, 1537
16. The Battle of Preveza, 1538
17. Sidesteps into the Indian Ocean: the Campaigns of Diu (1538), of Hormuz (1552)
18. The Adventures of Seydi Ali Reis, 1554-1556
19. The Siege of Algiers by the Habsburg Empetor, 1541
20. The Sensation of 1543-1544
21. The Conquest of Tripoli, 1551, and the Cruises of the Ottoman Imperial Fleet at the Peak of the Ottoman Naval Supremacy
22. The Battle of Djerba, 1560
23. The Great Siege of Malta, 1565
24. The Conquest of Chios, 1566
25. Second Sidestep into the Indian Ocean, 1567
26. Fifth War with Venice, 1570-1573, and the Conquest of Cyprus, 1571
27. The Battle of Lepanto, 1571
28. The Definitive Conquest of Tunis, 1574
29. Sixth War with Venice, 1645-1669, and the conquest of Crete, 1669
30. Seventh War with Venice, 1684-1699
31. First Naval War with Russia, 1686-1700

Recapitulation and Further Thoughts

Conclusion

Appendix I: Chronology

Appendix II: The Kaptanpaşas from Barbaros Hayreddin Paşa to Mezomorto Hüseyn Paşa, 1534-1701

Appendix III: Brief Glossary of Basic Terms

Bibliography

Index.