Kaptanpaşa Bridge
The Kapudan Pasha (, modern Turkish: ), also known as the (, modern: , "Captain of the Sea") was the grand admiral of the Ottoman Navy. Typically, he was based at Galata and Gallipoli during the winter and charged with annual sailings during the summer months. The title of ''Kapudan Pasha'' itself is only attested from 1567 onwards; earlier designations for the supreme commander of the fleet include ("bey of the sea") and ("head captain"). The title ''Derya Bey'' as an official rank within the Ottoman state structure originated during the reign of Bayezid I (). Following the 1453 fall of Constantinople, conquest of Constantinople, Mehmet II, Mehmed II raised Baltaoğlu Süleyman Bey to the status of sanjak bey for his efforts against the Byzantine Empire, Byzantines in the Golden Horn.Shaw, Stanford J''History of the Ottoman Empire and Modern Turkey'' Vol. 1, pp. 131 ff. Cambridge University Press (Cambridge), 1976. Accessed 12 Sept 2011. Baltaoğlu received the sanjak of Galli ...
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Hayreddin Barbarossa - Fine Art Museum Algiers
Hayrettin may refer to: People * Hayreddin Barbarossa (ca. 1478 – 1546), Turkish privateer and Ottoman admiral * Hayrettin Yerlikaya (born 1981), Turkish footballer * Hakan Hayrettin (born 1970), Turkish/English footballer * Hayrettin Karaoğuz (born 1984) or just Hayrettin, Turkish comedian. Places * Sancaktar Hayrettin Mosque, Mosque in Istanbul * Gölcük Barbaros Hayrettin Lisesi, public high school in Gölcük, Kocaeli, Turkey * Kheïr Eddine, a town in Mostaganem Province, Algeria. * Hayredin, a village in Bulgaria See also

* Khair ad-Din (other) * Hajrudin {{dab Turkish-language surnames Turkish masculine given names Masculine given names ...
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