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ABSTRACT<br />

<strong>OTTOMAN</strong> <strong>CORSAIRS</strong> <strong>IN</strong> <strong>THE</strong> <strong>WESTERN</strong> MEDITERRANEAN AND<br />

<strong>THE</strong>IR PLACE <strong>IN</strong> <strong>THE</strong> <strong>OTTOMAN</strong>-HABSBURG RIVALRY (1505-1535)<br />

Gürkan, Emrah Safa<br />

M.A., Department of History<br />

Supervisor: Halil İnalcık<br />

June 2006<br />

This thesis analyses the political deeds of the Ottoman corsairs in the Western<br />

Mediterranean between the years, 1505 and 1535. It tries to evaluate their place in the<br />

broader framework of the European politics of the time. It aims to analyze the<br />

perception of the both sides of the international struggle for the covered period, namely<br />

that of the Habsburgs and the Ottomans. Neither the preferences of the decision-makers<br />

of two sides, nor the power and effectiveness of the corsair rule established in the<br />

Western Mediterranean is immune to reconsideration for each period covered. Hence,<br />

both issues are tried to be discussed by calculating the changing balances of power as<br />

the division into three chapters also proves. In order to do that, in this period of the<br />

struggle of the 16 th century Europe in which not only the Ottomans and the Habsburgs,<br />

but also all major or minor powers of the era were forced to take sides; we should not<br />

only analyze how Khayr al-Din Barbarossa rose to prominence to the extent that he<br />

could achieve the rank of a Kaptan-ı Derya, but also the reaction of the strongest ruler of<br />

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