البحرية العثمانية بين إنجازاتها في البحر الأبيض المتوسط وإخفاقاتها في البحار الشرقية خلال القرن 10 ه-16 م

الملخص EN

This study deals with the ottoman navy activity in the Mediterranean during the 16th c and its confrontations with the European navy forces, and their activities in the eastern seas during their confrontations with the Portuguese fleets.

here, the existence of the ottomans and the Christians is not important, but the focus is on the strategies of the conflict in the two regions and the factors of their success in the Mediterranean and their failures in the eastern sea.

besides, the means and the strategies used by the European antagonist, were known by the ottomans, meanwhile the latter ignored the secrets of navigation in eastern seas and the strategies and means used by the Portuguese there.