<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Prologue</strong><strong>POLITICAL BALANCE BETWEEN EAST AND WEST</strong> 1. “The creation of the Turkish image in the 16^th-century Mediterranean: Self-reflection versus antipropaganda”. Published in: <em>Imagining 'the Turk'</em>, ed. Božidar Jezernik. Cambridge Scholars Press, 2010. 2. “Provocative history writing as a means of memory refreshment and antipropaganda against the Turk in the modern ages”. Presented in: ‘The Turks and Islam’ Conference, Sept. 11-12 at IU Bloomington, USA  3. “‘Wanderers on mission’ and their role in the information gathering in the 16^th century Ottoman Empire”. Published in Turkish: “Misyon yüklü gezginler” ve 16. yüzyılda Osmanlı İmparatorluğu’na dair istihbarat toplama konusundaki rolleri, <em>Doğu-Batı Dergisi</em>, Halil İnalcık Armağanı, 2010. 4. “Men of frontiers: the couriers, agents, ambassadors, consuls. The information strategy of the Habsburgs about the Ottoman Empire”. Published in Spanish: “Las tácticas y vías de trasmisión de la información sobre los turcos”,  <em>España-Turquía. </em><em>Actas de las I Jornadas de Historia organizadas por el Instituto Cervantes de Estambul en la Universidad del Bósforo los día 31 de octubre y 1 y 2 de noviembre de 2002</em>. Editorial Isis, Estambul, 2003 5. “The French image in Europe and the Ottoman Empire after the Franco-Turkish alliance against the Habsburg power. The role of France and the Ottoman Empire in the collapse of the majestic idea of the <em>Orbis Christianus</em>”<em>. </em>Presented in: Saison Turque, Osmanlı’da ve Türkiye Cumhuriyeti’nde Fransız Algıları, Bahçeşehir & Galatasaray Universities, Paris & Aix-en-Provence, December, 2009.<em> </em>Published as/in: “Avrupa’nin inşasında Osmanlı etkisi. Habsburg gücüne karşı Osmanlı-Fransiz ittifakının Avrupa’daki Fransa imajina katkısı ve Ffransa’nın majestik <em>Orbis Christianus</em> ideasının çöküşündeki rolü”. <em>Doğu-Batı,</em> 2010, Haziran. 6. “Lepanto as a breaking point between the Sublime Porte and the Republic”. Presented in:<strong> Celebrazione e autocritica. </strong><strong>La Serenissima e la ricerca dell'identità veneziana nel tardo Cinquecento, </strong>Venezia,  2006 7.<strong> “</strong>Alvise Gritti: Un Veneziano alla Sublime Porta”. Published in:<em> Annali dell’Università degli studi di Napoli “L’Orientale”, </em>Sezione Romanza, L, 1,  71-105 Napoli (2008). <strong>MARITIME AFFAIRS</strong> 8. “The aid that never came: Rhodes as the last stronghold of Christianity in the Eastern Mediterranean”. Presented in: 3rd MMHN Conference, İzmir, May, 2010.<a name="OLE_LINK1"> 9. “</a>The Ottoman Maghreb and its reflections in the Ottoman archival sources and poetry”. Presented in:<strong> </strong>Souveraineté ottomane et autonomie provinciale. Statut juridique et dynamique politique au Maghreb et dans les Balkans (XVIe-XIXe s.)<em> </em>Centre d’Etudes et de Recherches  Economiques et Sociales, Tunis, October 2009. 10. “Iles et côtes infortunées face à l’Armada turque (1550-1552). Les attaques et leur contribution à la création d’une image  négative des Turcs”. Published in : Des marges aux frontières: Les îles enjeux de conquêtes et de souverainetés, Université de Nice, Editions Classiques Garniers, Paris, 2010, 39-58. <strong>THE EMPIRE AND SOCIETY</strong> 11. “Los esclavos cristianos del “Gran Turco” en el siglo XVI: La reflexión de la eslavitud turca en los textos europeos”. Published in: <em>Iacobus</em>, vol. 21-211, 401-426. (2006). 12.“The role of wine in the Ottoman society a collective ‘vice’: Restrictions and disobedience to the laws”. Presented in: Hicos, Retz, July 2011. 13. “Representation of power in the Ottoman architecture and the reflection of the Sultan’s ambitions on the Süleymaniye Mosque and his tomb: Historiographical thesis versus imagological analysis: Between myth and reality”. Presented in: Le VIIIe congrès du corpus d’archéologie ottomane dans le monde: Fondation Temimi – Tunis,  2007. Bibliography</p>